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[1/5] Let the GGML IQ encoders take fixed per-group choices - #3157
Each GGML IQ format (IQ2_XXS, IQ2_XS, IQ2_S, IQ1_S, IQ1_M) picks one choice per group of every 256-value block: a local scale, plus the delta sign for IQ1_S. It picks the one with the least (importance-weighted) squared error. quantize_<format>(..., choices=...) now takes those picks as input, in both the CUDA kernels and the PyTorch encoders. The codebook entries and signs are still searched under the given choice. This lets a caller pick the scales by another metric. [2/5] uses it to pick them by the local Hessian.
When choices is given, the kernels skip the scoring sweep and keep the entry search, so the added CUDA code is small (about 13 lines per encoder family). Each GGMLFormat now records choice_groups and num_choices.
Usage
frommodelopt.torch.quantization.ggml.registryimportGGML_FORMAT_REGISTRYfmt=GGML_FORMAT_REGISTRY["iq2_xs"]
choices=torch.full((*weight.shape[:-1], weight.shape[-1] //256, fmt.choice_groups), 7)
packed, shape=fmt.quantize(weight, choices=choices) # every group takes local scale 7
Testing
tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_iq_formats.py: a fixed choice reproduces, group by group, the payload encoded with that choice everywhere.
tests/gpu/torch/quantization/test_iq_formats_cuda.py: the CUDA encoders match the PyTorch encoders byte for byte under random fixed choices.
I ran test_iq_formats.py and test_iq_formats_cuda.py locally on one GPU (199 passed). I ran the GGML unit and GPU suites (imatrix, GPTQ, backend, IQ formats) on GB200 in the calibration container.
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Series: [1/5] this PR · [2/5] #3158 local_hessian for GGML IQ · [3/5] #3159 one-pass every-choice encode · [4/5] #3209 GPTQ local-Hessian scale picks · [5/5] #3218 fused choice-search kernel.
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IQ1 and IQ2 quantizers now accept optional per-group choices. They validate and pass choices to Torch and CUDA encoders, which use them instead of searching for the group choice. Tests cover choice behavior, range validation, and CUDA output consistency.
Changes: Fixed-choice IQ quantization
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Python choice contracts and quantizers modelopt/torch/quantization/ggml/common.py, modelopt/torch/quantization/ggml/iq1_*.py, modelopt/torch/quantization/ggml/iq2_*.py, tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_iq_formats.py
GGMLFormat records choice-group and choice counts. The IQ quantizers validate optional choices, use them in Torch encoders, and pass them to CUDA packers. Unit tests cover fixed-choice decoding, default search, and out-of-range rejection.
CUDA packer and encoder path modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/common.cuh, modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/ggml.cpp, modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq*_family.cuh, modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq*.cu, modelopt/torch/quantization/extensions.py, tests/gpu/torch/quantization/test_iq_formats_cuda.py
CUDA packers validate and forward optional choices. IQ1 and IQ2 kernels skip group-choice searches when choices are supplied. The extension documentation and GPU test include the new parameters and path.
sequenceDiagram
participant Quantizer as IQ quantizer
participant Packer as CUDA packer
participant Validator as checked_choices
participant Encoder as IQ encoder
Quantizer->>Packer: pass input and optional choices
Packer->>Validator: validate choices
Validator-->>Packer: return validated choices or undefined tensor
Packer->>Encoder: pass choices pointer or null
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Normal Python calls validate choices, but direct CUDA packer calls can accept invalid choices and produce inconsistent payloads. This is a bounded risk that warrants a fix or explicit acceptance before merge.
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Load the CUDA extension before the first fixed-choice quantization.
When get_cuda_ext_ggml() returns None, both calls use the PyTorch fallback. The equality assertion can then pass without exercising the CUDA encoder. Calling _extension() first makes this test fail when the CUDA extension cannot build or load.
Proposed fix
choices = torch.randint(0, fmt.num_choices, shape, generator=generator, device="cuda")
+ _extension() # fail instead of silently falling back to the PyTorch encoder
packed, _ = fmt.quantize(weight, choices=choices)
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Call _extension() before the first fmt.quantize call with fixed choices so the
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Review comments at @modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/common.cuh:
- Around line 122-136: Update checked_choices to accept each format’s choice
count and reject choice values outside [0, num_choices) before converting to
uint8. Pass Format::kChoices from IQ1 callers and kIq2LocalScales from IQ2
callers; preserve the existing device and shape validation.
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sed -n '110,145p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/common.cuh
sed -n '120,215p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq1_family.cuh
sed -n '200,290p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq2_family.cuh
sed -n '55,120p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/ggml.cpp
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set -o pipefail
printf'%s\n''--- checked_choices callers and definitions ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{cuh,cpp,cu,py}' -e 'checked_choices' -e 'fixed_choices' -e 'choices' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml | head -240
printf'%s\n''--- IQ family constants and entrypoints ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{cuh,cpp,cu}' -e 'kIq1' -e 'kIq2LocalScales' -e 'iq1_s_pack_cuda' -e 'iq1_m_pack_cuda' -e 'iq2_xs_pack_cuda' -e 'iq2_xxs_pack_cuda' -e 'iq2_s_pack_cuda' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml
printf'%s\n''--- Python choice validation ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -e 'choice_groups' -e 'num_choices' -e 'choices' modelopt tests | head -300
printf'%s\n''--- complete relevant entrypoint blocks ---'
sed -n '1,240p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq1_family.cuh
sed -n '1,340p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq2_family.cuh
sed -n '1,240p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq1.cu 2>/dev/null ||true
sed -n '1,240p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq2.cu 2>/dev/null ||true
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set -o pipefail
printf'%s\n''--- IQ1 format declarations and exact choice bounds ---'
sed -n '1,125p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq1_family.cuh
sed -n '1,145p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq1_s.cu
sed -n '1,145p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq1_m.cu
printf'%s\n''--- IQ2 format declarations and checked-choice calls ---'
sed -n '1,115p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq2_xxs.cu
sed -n '1,110p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq2_xs.cu
sed -n '1,115p' modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq2_s.cu
printf'%s\n''--- Python validator and format metadata ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -e 'def choice_blocks' -e 'choices must lie in' -e 'num_choices =' -e 'choice_groups =' modelopt/torch/quantization tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_iq_formats.py
sed -n '350,425p' tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_iq_formats.py
printf'%s\n''--- changed diff for the helper and callers ---'
git diff e352caca3c36236fc15adea2627a9d42788380c4 b35f22cdb2b7ddc8e7cac7d9e16e8ef5a2929e0b -- modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/common.cuh modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq1_s.cu modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq1_m.cu modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq2_xxs.cu modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq2_xs.cu modelopt/torch/kernels/quantization/ggml/iq2_s.cu
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Reject out-of-range choices in checked_choices.
The direct CUDA bindings accept values outside each format's choice range. For example, IQ2 accepts 16 even though its local-scale range is [0, 16). The kernel uses that value to compute the scale, and the format store truncates or spills the value when it packs the metadata. IQ1 has the same issue with its 16-choice or 8-choice metadata fields.
Pass each format's choice count to checked_choices and reject values outside [0, num_choices) before the uint8 conversion.
Suggested fix
inline at::Tensor checked_choices(const char *format, const at::Tensor &input,
- const std::optional<at::Tensor> &choices, int groups) {+ const std::optional<at::Tensor> &choices, int groups,+ int num_choices) {
...
TORCH_CHECK(!at::isFloatingType(choices->scalar_type()) &&
choices->numel() == input.numel() / kBlockSize * groups,
format, " choices must be an integer [blocks, ", groups, "] tensor");
- // The Python encoders check the range; repeating it here would add a host sync.+ TORCH_CHECK(choices->ge(0).all().item<bool>() &&+ choices->lt(num_choices).all().item<bool>(),+ format, " choices must lie in [0, ", num_choices, ")");
return choices->to(at::kByte).contiguous();
}
Update IQ1 callers with Format::kChoices and IQ2 callers with kIq2LocalScales.
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lines 122 - 136:
Update checked_choices to accept each format’s choice count and reject choice
values outside [0, num_choices) before converting to uint8. Pass
Format::kChoices from IQ1 callers and kIq2LocalScales from IQ2 callers; preserve
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[1/5] Let the GGML IQ encoders take fixed per-group choices
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Each IQ format picks one local scale (and, for IQ1_S, delta) per group of every
256-value block by the least weighted squared error. An optional choices tensor
now fixes that pick, in the CUDA kernels and the PyTorch encoders alike, while
the codebook entries and signs are still searched under it. This lets a caller
choose the scales by another metric.
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Approve: the CUDA kernels and PyTorch encoders both skip only the scoring sweep when choices is given, keep the entry search under the given choice, and are covered by tests.
No action needed.
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Read iq1_encode and iq2_encode in full. The fixed_choices == nullptr guard is the same for every thread in a CUDA block, so skipping block_min_accumulate cannot leave a thread waiting at a barrier. The fixed pick reaches selected_choice/selected_local and choices/locals, so the entry search, the IQ1_M per-vector shift and store all see the same value.
All-zero blocks still come out as all-zero payloads on both paths: torch.where(d == 0, 0, ...) in Python, and store_block_scale/begin returning early on CUDA.
choice_blocks checks shape, dtype and range before anything is encoded. The C++ checked_choices checks only device and size, which avoids a host sync, the same way check_importance does. The _encode_blocks functions are only called inside their own modules, and choices is added as a trailing keyword, so existing callers are unaffected.
The unit test pins both behaviours: fixed choices, and the search's own pick against the decoded error. The GPU test compares CUDA and PyTorch byte for byte with random choices. No existing tests are modified.
…ix (#3158)
### What does this PR do?
Type of change: new feature
**[1/4]** of the GGML local-Hessian series. It builds on #3157, which is
merged. Merge order: #3158 → #3159 → #3209 → #3218.
Before this PR, `local_hessian` left GGML weights unchanged, because
they have no amax to search. It now encodes each GGML IQ weight once:
- **One pass, no layerwise calibration:** like imatrix, so it fits flows
that need a single-pass algorithm, such as AutoQuantize.
- **Codebook search:** keeps imatrix's weighting, the square root of the
Hessian diagonal.
- **Choices:** each group's local scale, plus the delta sign for IQ1_S,
is picked by the layer-output error `dw H dw^T` over the 256-column
diagonal block of the input Hessian. Before, it was picked by the
importance-weighted squared error.
- **Damping:** the Hessian blocks are damped by the new `perc_damp`
(default 0.3), as GPTQ damps. Undamped, the picks overfit the
calibration set and did worse end to end.
- **Pinning:** the codes are pinned as imatrix pins them. A weight that
already holds codes (GPTQ's) is left alone, so `[gptq, local_hessian]`
works like `[gptq, imatrix]`.
- **Codes kept until QAD changes a block:** under #3197 a pinned IQ
weight is re-encoded under its pinned scale and importance, which would
re-pick the searched local scales. So the encoder also pins a per-block
fingerprint of the weight. Blocks still equal to it keep the searched
codes (PTQ, eval, export), and a block QAD changed is re-encoded as
after GPTQ, with only the super-block scale frozen. GPTQ and imatrix
pins carry no fingerprint and behave as before. The fingerprint shares
the payload's buffer prefix, so checkpointing, Megatron sharding and
export treat it as part of the pin.
The search lives in a new `choice_search` module:
1. Encode each block under every choice.
2. Give each group its best choice under its own `H_gg` block.
3. Revisit the groups twice, each taking the choice that most lowers the
block's error with the others held.
[3/4] reuses this search inside GPTQ, and [2/4] and [4/4] make it fast.
Other changes:
- An encoder registry for `local_hessian`, mirroring imatrix's.
- The imatrix target selection and per-GPU encode loop are factored out
of `imatrix_calibrate` and shared by both algorithms.
- Like imatrix, `local_hessian` now skips the max-calibration forward
when no activation quantizer needs one.
**Results.** Three models with the following weights quantized, same
1,024 calibration samples per arm:
- **Qwen3.8-27B:** the language-model MLP.
- **GLM-5.3-Flash:** all routed experts.
- **Qwen3.8-Flash-Next:** the routed-expert `gate_up`.
SciCode subtask accuracy (%), 8 runs per arm, INT8 fake-quant serving
(BF16 for Flash-Next), 64K cap; local_hessian minus imatrix:
| Model | IQ2_XXS | IQ2_XS | IQ2_S |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8-27B | 9.5 → 16.0 (**+6.5 ± 0.8**) | 20.6 → 26.5 (**+5.9 ±
1.0**) | 32.0 → 34.0 (+2.0 ± 1.1) |
| GLM-5.3-Flash | 3.9 → 9.9 (**+6.0 ± 0.5**) | 12.5 → 18.3 (**+5.8 ±
0.5**) | 31.2 → 30.7 (−0.5 ± 0.6) |
| Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | 38.4 → 37.2 (−1.2 ± 0.9) | 40.2 → 39.1 (−1.1 ±
1.1) | 41.9 → 42.7 (+0.8 ± 0.8) |
- **Never significantly worse than imatrix.** The gains come from fewer
runaway (repetition) generations at the two lowest bit widths, which
leave fewer subtasks unanswered. Flash-Next never loops.
- **KL did not predict the outcome:** wikitext-2 KL against BF16 was
lower on both MoE models at IQ2_XS/IQ2_S, but unchanged on 27B, where
SciCode gained most.
- **Truncation:** 10–51% of generations per arm hit the 64K cap, above
the 2% validation gate. Read these as relative comparisons under
identical settings.
### Usage
```yaml
algorithm:
- {method: gptq}
- {method: local_hessian} # in place of {method: imatrix}; perc_damp defaults to 0.3
```
### Testing
- `tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_ggml_imatrix.py`:
- The imatrix contract tests are parametrized over both algorithms: pins
codes, leaves GPTQ codes alone, refuses a bad width before any state
changes, encodes a never-reached weight plainly, runs one forward.
- `test_local_hessian_lowers_the_output_error_of_correlated_inputs`: the
local-Hessian pick lowers the output error on correlated inputs.
-
`test_search_under_the_identity_hessian_keeps_the_encoders_own_choices`:
under `H = I`, the limit heavy damping tends to, the search reproduces
the encoder's own picks.
- `test_local_hessian_codes_hold_until_qad_changes_a_block`: the
calibrated weight packs to the searched codes, and a row QAD changed is
re-encoded exactly as a GPTQ pin is under #3197, its local scales
searched again under the pinned super-block scale. It fails without the
fingerprint.
- I ran the GGML unit and GPU suites on this commit alone on GB300 in
the calibration container. I ran the PTQ, KL and SciCode campaign above
on oci-jhb.
- Not run: multi-rank calibration. `local_hessian` already warns that it
is single-rank for now.
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* **New Features**
* Added local-Hessian calibration for GGML IQ weights, selecting local
scales and IQ1_S deltas based on layer-output error. It can run
independently or alongside GPTQ.
* Added the `perc_damp` setting, defaulting to `0.3`, to control Hessian
damping during IQ-weight scale selection.
* Calibration preserves existing codes for unchanged weight blocks and
re-encodes blocks that have changed.
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…earch (#3159)
### What does this PR do?
Type of change: new feature (performance)
**[2/4]** of the GGML local-Hessian series. It depends on [1/4] #3158.
Merge order: #3158 → #3159 → #3209 → #3218.
The local-Hessian choice search ([1/4]; GPTQ reuses it in [3/4]) needs
each 256-column block encoded under every choice. [1/4] runs one forced
encode per choice, sweeping the codebook 8–16 times. The IQ encoders now
take `every_choice=True` and return all of those payloads at once,
shaped `[num_choices, *packed shape]`:
- **CUDA kernels:** a new kernel per family keeps each choice's best
codebook entry from a single sweep, using a slot-wise block key minimum.
- **PyTorch encoders:** these loop over forced choices.
The payloads are byte-identical to the forced encodes, so the picks do
not change. `search_choices` decodes them in place into its error
buffer.
**Per 256-column block on a GB300:**
| Rows | Format | Search, [1/4] | Search, this PR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 512 | IQ2_XXS | 13.9 ms | 4.8 ms |
| 512 | IQ2_S | 17.7 ms | 9.1 ms |
| 512 | IQ1_S | 10.6 ms | 4.4 ms |
| 4096 | IQ2_XXS | 17.3 ms | 4.8 ms |
| 4096 | IQ2_S | 22.4 ms | 9.0 ms |
| 4096 | IQ1_S | 31.9 ms | 5.3 ms |
What remains is mostly the scoring and refinement, a few small kernels
per group and sweep, which [4/4] fuses into one launch.
### Usage
```python
packed, shape = fmt.quantize(weight, importance=imp, every_choice=True)
# packed[c] == fmt.quantize(weight, importance=imp, choices=full(c))[0] for every choice c
```
### Testing
- `tests/gpu/torch/quantization/test_iq_formats_cuda.py`: for every
format, the every-choice CUDA payload equals each weighted forced encode
byte for byte.
- Search picks are identical to [1/4] on all five formats on a 1536×1024
weight. The PyTorch every-choice path is exercised by the CPU
`local_hessian` unit tests.
- I ran the GGML unit and GPU suites on this commit alone on GB300 in
the calibration container.
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- Did you update
[Changelog](https://github.com/NVIDIA/Model-Optimizer/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst)?:
N/A (speedup of 1/4, same release)
- Did you get Claude approval on this PR?: ❌ (pending)
### Additional Information
Series (#3157, fixed per-group choices, is merged): [1/4] #3158
local_hessian for GGML IQ · [2/4] this PR · [3/4] #3209 GPTQ
local-Hessian scale picks · [4/4] #3218 fused choice-search kernel.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **New Features**
* IQ1 and IQ2 quantization can now generate a separate packed result for
every available choice, applying each choice consistently across all
groups.
* The all-choices option is available in both CUDA-accelerated and
standard quantization paths. Existing fixed-choice behavior remains; the
two options cannot be used together.
* **Tests**
* Added coverage comparing all-choice results with results generated
separately for each choice.
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Signed-off-by: Chenjie Luo <chenjiel@nvidia.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What does this PR do?
Type of change: new feature
[1/5] of the GGML local-Hessian series. Merge order: #3157 → #3158 → #3159 → #3209 → #3218.
Each GGML IQ format (IQ2_XXS, IQ2_XS, IQ2_S, IQ1_S, IQ1_M) picks one choice per group of every 256-value block: a local scale, plus the delta sign for IQ1_S. It picks the one with the least (importance-weighted) squared error.
quantize_<format>(..., choices=...)now takes those picks as input, in both the CUDA kernels and the PyTorch encoders. The codebook entries and signs are still searched under the given choice. This lets a caller pick the scales by another metric. [2/5] uses it to pick them by the local Hessian.When
choicesis given, the kernels skip the scoring sweep and keep the entry search, so the added CUDA code is small (about 13 lines per encoder family). EachGGMLFormatnow recordschoice_groupsandnum_choices.Usage
Testing
tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_iq_formats.py: a fixed choice reproduces, group by group, the payload encoded with that choice everywhere.tests/gpu/torch/quantization/test_iq_formats_cuda.py: the CUDA encoders match the PyTorch encoders byte for byte under random fixed choices.test_iq_formats.pyandtest_iq_formats_cuda.pylocally on one GPU (199 passed). I ran the GGML unit and GPU suites (imatrix, GPTQ, backend, IQ formats) on GB200 in the calibration container.Before your PR is "Ready for review"
CONTRIBUTING.md: N/AAdditional Information
Series: [1/5] this PR · [2/5] #3158 local_hessian for GGML IQ · [3/5] #3159 one-pass every-choice encode · [4/5] #3209 GPTQ local-Hessian scale picks · [5/5] #3218 fused choice-search kernel.
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