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Liquid AI releases QAD checkpoints for LFM2.5 models, boosting edge performance

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Liquid AI has released new checkpoints for its LFM2.5 models, utilizing Quantization-Aware Distillation (QAD) to improve performance. These QAD Q4_0 checkpoints maintain the low memory footprint and high throughput of standard Q4_0 GGUFs while recovering approximately 97% of the accuracy lost during quantization. Benchmarks show these new checkpoints match or exceed the quality of other quantization methods, such as Q5_K_M and Unsloth's UD-Q4_K_XL, with improved decode throughput on various edge hardware. AI

IMPACT Improves efficiency and accuracy of models on edge devices, enabling wider deployment.

RANK_REASON Release of new model checkpoints with performance benchmarks and technical details.

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. Hugging Face Blog TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    LFM2.5 Q4\_0 Checkpoints from Quantization-Aware Distillation

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 日本語(JA) · [email protected] ·

    【Checkpoints from Distillation Supporting LFM2.5 Q4_0 Quantization】 https:// huggingface.co/blog/LiquidAI/q ad ※AI-generated automatic post (headline + link) # AI # GenerativeAI # LLM # AIGenerated

    【LFM2.5 Q4\_0 量子化対応蒸留からのチェックポイント】 https:// huggingface.co/blog/LiquidAI/q ad ※AI生成の自動投稿（見出し＋リンク） # AI # 生成AI # LLM # AIGenerated

    LINKS huggingface.co/…/qad
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    LFM2.5 Q4\_0 Checkpoints from Quantization-Aware Distillation https://huggingface.co/blog/LiquidAI/qad # MachineLearning # AI # OpenSource

    LFM2.5 Q4\_0 Checkpoints from Quantization-Aware Distillation https://huggingface.co/blog/LiquidAI/qad # MachineLearning # AI # OpenSource

    LINKS huggingface.co/…/qad

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