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docs(k2_horizon_uno): record why FP8 is not shipped - #2039
families/k2_horizon_uno builds K2-Horizon-7B plus the Uno conditional LoRA adapter as one bf16 engine (1 to 8 rows per call, per-row lora_mask) for greedy linear speculative decoding, and has no quantized build. No official FP8 checkpoint is usable: the publisher FP8 checkpoint of the base uses a 128 x 128 block-scale format that does not build in this family, and the only NVFP4 checkpoint is a community one. So FP8 self-quantization with the recipe of the merged k2_horizon FP8 build (#2021) was built and measured on TensorRT 11.4 (B200, B300) and 11.1 (B200). FP8 does not pay for this family: without a CUDA graph (the native runtime uses none) an 8-row call is 0.88x to 0.96x of bf16, draft acceptance drops, and speculative decode is 0.84x to 0.88x of bf16. This change adds a family README that records the study, like the bart (#2004) and timesfm (#2005) studies, so that it does not have to be repeated. The FP8 code is not part of this change. NVFP4 for the MLP was measured and is not shipped.
Exit Criteria
The README records the model and checkpoints, the recipe, the method, call speed with and without a CUDA graph on B200 and B300 (TensorRT 11.4), the TensorRT 11.1 point, speculative decode, quality against Transformers bf16, NVFP4 and the reasons for not shipping.
The README records the problems on main found during the study (not fixed here).
No code, test, manifest or bundle change; builds are unchanged.
Non-goals: shipping FP8 or NVFP4 builds, an FP8 manifest or CI case, fixing the problems found on main.
Implementation
families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md (new): short family overview and the section "FP8 quantization study (not shipped)": summary and decision, model and engine, recipe, method, speed, speculative decode and quality, NVFP4, found on the way, what was not tried, how to reproduce, when to revisit.
Recipe that was measured (code kept out of the repository):
FP8 for the base matmul of q, k, v, o, gate, up, down in layers 2 to 35 (237 projections); layers 0 and 1 and layer.35.w_down stay bf16, as in k2_horizon. The LoRA branch, embedding, norms and lm_head stay bf16.
Weights: per-tensor scale amax / 448 at build time. Activations: static per-tensor scales from ModelOpt FP8_DEFAULT_CFG on the base plus the conditional LoRA wrapper, 512 samples fed as verify rows and as draft rows. bf16 Dequantize, dual-GEMM fusion off.
Markdown check of the new README (table column counts, code fences)
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git diff --check
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python3 tools/pr_metadata.py validate on this description
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The numbers in the README come from the local study and are not re-run by this change (TensorRT 11.4, max_sequence_length 1024, one 8-row call; ratio = bf16 time / FP8 time):
GPU
FP8 recipe, CUDA graph
FP8 recipe, no graph
FP8 every layer, CUDA graph / no graph
Speculative decode (host loop)
Tokens per forward (bf16 1.552)
B200
0.96x to 0.99x
0.96x
1.26x to 1.35x / 0.78x
0.88x
1.438
B300
0.89x
0.88x
1.09x to 1.13x / 0.69x
0.84x
1.488
Engine (B200)
KL mean / p99
Top-1
Perplexity (Transformers 28.29)
ARC-Easy (Transformers 291/300)
Non-finite prompts (200)
bf16
0.0052 / 0.092
97.4%
28.25
291
0
FP8 recipe
0.0180 / 0.159
92.9%
28.39
291
0
Bundle 17.44 GiB to 11.38 GiB (-35%). TensorRT 11.1 (B200): FP8 recipe 1.11x per 8-row call in a CUDA graph, speculative decode 0.68x of bf16.
Hardware, Environment, and Revisions
Repository: this commit on top of upstream/main at e7cf80c1.
Checkpoints: IFM/K2-Horizon-7B-Uno at ec92bbd768f4a404319625204544782e3377bcd7 and IFM/K2-Horizon-7B at 586b03f0fd1fbbf2f13eeafc33749e95ae34dd10 (manifest revisions).
Data: Nemotron chat, code, math, STEM and cnn_dailymail samples for calibration; 40 held-out chats x 128 tokens for speculative decode; wikitext-2 (5080 positions) for KL and top-1; ARC-Easy (300 questions); 200 held-out prompts for the non-finite scan.
Study: B200 and B300, one GPU per job, TensorRT 11.4.0.106 (target) and 11.1.0.106 (B200), ModelOpt FP8_DEFAULT_CFG, Python harness that calls the engine directly.
Not Run / Remaining Gaps
No code was run for this change; the study cannot be rerun from this repository because the FP8 code was not merged.
Not measured: FP8 or NVFP4 for the LoRA branch, the publisher block-scale FP8 checkpoint, the native C++ runtime with an FP8 bundle, H100, TensorRT 11.1 on B300.
Found on the way, independent of FP8, recorded in the README and not fixed here:
The Uno native runtime never enables CUDA graphs: about 830 kernels per bf16 call, about 6 ms per 8-row call in the host loop against 5.3 to 5.7 ms in a graph.
The LoRA branch is computed on every row of every call, also when the mask is all 0 (prompt and verify calls): 19% to 23% of a call; bf16 without it is 1.21x to 1.24x faster.
TensorRT 11.4 stream assignment fails for some FP8 graphs of this family ([MS] Multi stream is disabled because the stream assignment failed), and the multi-stream plans are 1.3x to 1.5x slower than bf16 without a CUDA graph.
Speculative decode matches the engine's own greedy output on 13 of 14 prompts only (bf16): 8-row and 1-row calls differ at near ties.
Contributor Self-Review
I have completed a self-review of this change.
Notes For Future Readers
Suggested review order: "Summary and decision", "Speed of one call", "Speculative decode and quality", "Found on the way".
Revisit FP8 when the native runtime uses CUDA graphs and TensorRT assigns auxiliary streams to the FP8 graph reliably, or after the LoRA branch is skipped for all-0 masks.
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Risk rationale: one new Markdown file; no code, build, bundle or test change.
Add a README for the k2_horizon_uno family with the FP8
self-quantization study of K2-Horizon-7B-Uno on TensorRT 11.4 (B200,
B300) and 11.1 (B200), using the recipe of the merged k2_horizon FP8
build: recipe, measurement method, call speed with and without a CUDA
graph, speculative decode and quality against Transformers bf16. An
8-row call is 0.88x to 0.96x of bf16 without a CUDA graph, draft
acceptance drops (tokens per forward 1.55 to 1.44), and speculative
decode is 0.84x to 0.88x of bf16, so FP8 is not shipped. NVFP4 for the
MLP was measured and is not shipped either.
Also record problems on main found during the study, not fixed here:
the native runtime never enables CUDA graphs, the LoRA branch runs on
every row even when the mask is all 0 (19% to 23% of a call), TensorRT
11.4 stream assignment fails for some FP8 graphs, and speculative
decode matches the engine's own greedy output on 13 of 14 prompts.
Documentation only; no code change.
Signed-off-by: Zhenshan Xie <zhenshanx@nvidia.com>
Adds families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md with the bf16 engine configuration and an FP8/NVFP4 quantization study. The README records the quantization recipe, measurement methods, performance and quality results, runtime findings, reproduction steps, and conditions for revisiting the decision.
The documented decision is not to ship FP8 or NVFP4. In the tested no-CUDA-graph setup, the FP8 recipe was slower per call than bf16 and produced lower draft acceptance and speculative-decode throughput. NVFP4 reduced plan size but had lower quality and speculative-decode throughput.
The README also reports issues found during the study, including CUDA graphs not being enabled in the Uno native runtime and the LoRA branch running on rows with an all-zero mask. It states that these issues were not fixed by this change.
Architecture impact
Family-owned files: Adds one family-owned documentation file. No implementation or validation files changed.
Shared surfaces: No shared code, manifests, builds, tests, or bundles changed.
Dependency direction: No new code dependency direction is introduced.
Affected consumers: The README documents the K2-Horizon-7B-Uno family. No shared consumers are changed.
Unresolved blast-radius question: The README says speculative decode equals greedy autoregressive output, but later reports agreement for only 13 of 14 prompts. The scope of this discrepancy is not resolved by the supplied evidence.
Review outcome: HUMAN REVIEW REQUIRED. The documented discrepancy needs clarification. This outcome does not establish that the study results are incorrect.
Validation: Current-head CI, build, and test results are not available.
The K2-Horizon-7B-Uno README now documents the bf16 engine and an FP8/NVFP4 quantization study. It records the study setup, measurements, runtime observations, untested cases, reproduction steps, and the decision not to ship either quantization configuration.
Changes: Uno Quantization Study
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Engine context and study setup families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md
Documents the bf16 engine, model and adapter configurations, FP8 recipe, and measurement methods.
Quantization results and runtime observations families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md
Reports FP8 and NVFP4 performance and quality results, runtime observations, and untested configurations. The documented decision is not to ship FP8 or NVFP4.
Reproduction steps and decision criteria families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md
Adds steps to reproduce the measurements and lists conditions for revisiting the FP8 decision.
This documentation-only change has no runtime impact. Several README statements are inaccurate or cannot be followed, so correct them before merge to avoid misleading readers.
Architecture risk: Low · up to c34dc
The change affects 1 system.
Changed systems:families
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observed — families (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
Before / after behavior
observed — Modified behavior in families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md: Documents the Uno family’s bf16 base and conditional LoRA engine, its 1–8-row calls and per-row mask behavior, the draft/verify call pattern, greedy speculative decoding, and manifest settings.
observed — Modified behavior in families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md: Adds an FP8 study overview stating that the implementation is not shipped and reporting measured slowdowns, reduced draft acceptance, and end-to-end results.
observed — Modified behavior in families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md: Adds FP8 summary metrics and the decision not to ship, including reported LoRA cost, auxiliary-stream behavior, no-graph timings, acceptance changes, and bundle-size reduction.
observed — Modified behavior in families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md: Documents model and adapter revisions, engine configuration, tested sequence lengths, and candidate Hub checkpoints and formats.
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The title "docs(k2_horizon_uno): record why FP8 is not shipped" matches the main change. The PR adds a documentation-only README under families/k2_horizon_uno that records the FP8/NVFP4 quantization study and the decision not to ship those builds. The title is specific, short, and uses a conventional type/scope prefix. It does not list files or use vague wording.
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Review comments at @families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md:
- Around line 9-10: Qualify the overview’s greedy-decoding equality claim with
its measured scope: state that it holds on 13 of 14 measured prompts in bf16,
and note that the remaining prompt differs in the last bits between 8-row and
1-row calls, referring readers to section 7.
- Around line 214-215: Update step 2 to instruct readers to build only the bf16
bundle, and clarify that the FP8 bundle is unavailable because the required FP8
study code is not included and quantized builds for this family are rejected.
Keep the section 3 recipe reference limited to the supported bf16 build.
- Around line 56-57: Update the FP8 acceptance-loss range in the README summary
to cover the k2_horizon scales layout: use a lower bound of about 0.6% while
preserving the existing upper bound of 13%.
- Line 113: Update the “Speculative decode” benchmark documentation and the
related held-out prompt, calibration, and noise rows to identify each input
source and selection rule, including the noise-token source; state explicitly
when a set is not retained. Do not invent sample identities or imply
reproducibility from retained data that the repository does not contain.
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# Read the cited lines with surrounding context.
sed -n '1,20p' families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md
# Locate all greedy-equality and prompt-count statements.
rg -n -i -F --glob 'families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md' -e 'greedy' -e '14 prompt' -e 'mismatch' -e 'differs' -- families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md ||test"$?" -eq 1
# Map section headings to find section 7.
rg -n '^#' families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md ||test"$?" -eq 1
Repository: NVIDIA/TensorRT-Model-Connect
Length of output: 2465
Qualify the greedy-output guarantee in the overview.
The overview states unconditional equality with greedy decoding. Section 7 reports a mismatch on one of 14 measured prompts (bf16). Readers who rely on identical output can take the overview claim as a guarantee. Add the measured scope and the exception to the sentence.
Suggested fix
-equals greedy autoregressive decoding of the base model. The manifest builds the+equals greedy autoregressive decoding of the base model on 13 of 14 measured prompts (bf16). On the remaining prompt, 8-row and 1-row calls differ in the last bits (section 7). The manifest builds the
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`[0, 1, ..., 1]`) and one verify call (8 rows, mask 0). The committed output
equals greedy autoregressive decoding of the base model. The manifest builds the
`[0, 1, ..., 1]`) and one verify call (8 rows, mask 0). The committed output
equals greedy autoregressive decoding of the base model on 13 of 14 measured prompts (bf16). On the remaining prompt, 8-row and 1-row calls differ in the last bits (section 7). The manifest builds the
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Review comment at @families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md around lines 9 - 10:
Qualify the overview’s greedy-decoding equality claim with its measured scope:
state that it holds on 13 of 14 measured prompts in bf16, and note that the
remaining prompt differs in the last bits between 8-row and 1-row calls,
referring readers to section 7.
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set -e
git cat-file -e c34dc5e233173120c88f7a7b0913d2f2cee3b564^{commit} 2>/dev/null &&echo"head present"||echo"head not present in checkout"
git show c34dc5e233173120c88f7a7b0913d2f2cee3b564:families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md > /tmp/k2_readme_head.md 2>/dev/null || cp families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md /tmp/k2_readme_head.md
wc -l /tmp/k2_readme_head.md
echo"--- lines 40-75 ---"
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echo"--- tokens-per-forward and scale mentions ---"
rg -n -i -e 'tokens per forward' -e 'tokens/forward' -e 'tokens_per_forward' -e '1\.542' -e '1\.552' -e 'scales' -e 'acceptance' -- /tmp/k2_readme_head.md ||test"$?" -eq 1
Repository: NVIDIA/TensorRT-Model-Connect
Length of output: 3500
Correct the acceptance-loss range to include the k2_horizon scales layout.
The summary range at lines 56-57 says all FP8 layouts lose 4% to 13% of tokens per forward. The README's own table reports the FP8 layout with the k2_horizon scales at 1.542, against 1.552 for bf16. That is about 0.6% fewer, outside the stated range. Update the range so it covers this layout.
Suggested fix
--- "a/families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md"+++ "b/families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md"@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
multi-stream plans are much slower (0.68x to 0.78x), and the single-stream
FP8 plan is still slower than bf16 (kernels per call 830 to 1134, more
Quantize kernels).
-- FP8 lowers draft acceptance: tokens per forward 1.55 to 1.35 to 1.49 over- all FP8 layouts (4% to 13% fewer).+- FP8 lowers draft acceptance: tokens per forward 1.55 to 1.35 to 1.49 over+ all FP8 layouts (0.6% to 13% fewer).
- Only the 35% smaller bundle remains.
### 2. Model and engine
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Review the replacement and indentation, then test before committing.
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- FP8 lowers draft acceptance: tokens per forward 1.55 to 1.35 to 1.49 over
all FP8 layouts (4% to 13% fewer).
- FP8 lowers draft acceptance: tokens per forward 1.55 to 1.35 to 1.49 over
all FP8 layouts (0.6% to 13% fewer).
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Review comment at @families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md around lines 56 - 57:
Update the FP8 acceptance-loss range in the README summary to cover the
k2_horizon scales layout: use a lower bound of about 0.6% while preserving the
existing upper bound of 13%.
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| TensorRT | 11.4.0.106 (target); 11.1.0.106 on B200 |
| Harness | Python, the engine of the bundle called directly (not the native runtime) |
| Call speed | one 8-row (and 1-row) call at cache position 504, median time; replayed CUDA graph, and enqueue plus sync without a graph |
| Speculative decode | 40 held-out chats x 128 new tokens, greedy, draft and verify as the native runtime; host loop without a CUDA graph, prefill included |
Name the source and selection rule for the held-out chats, prompts, and noise tokens.
Line 113 gives "40 held-out chats" and line 122 gives "200 held-out prompts". Neither line names the source dataset or the selection rule. The calibration row at line 96 names its sources and counts, but not the sample identities. The "7 noise rows" at lines 8 and 96 have no defined token source.
Different chats or noise inputs can change tokens per forward and activation scales. A reader cannot select the same inputs to compare against the reported values, such as the 1.552 and 1.438 tokens-per-forward results at line 33.
State the source and selection rule for each held-out set and for the noise tokens. If a set is not retained, say so. The repository does not retain the held-out chat set under families/k2_horizon_uno.
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Review comment at @families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md at line 113:
Update the “Speculative decode” benchmark documentation and the related held-out
prompt, calibration, and noise rows to identify each input source and selection
rule, including the noise-token source; state explicitly when a set is not
retained. Do not invent sample identities or imply reproducibility from retained
data that the repository does not contain.
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Mark the FP8 bundle step as unavailable in this repository.
Step 2 instructs readers to build an FP8 bundle. This repository rejects quantized builds for this family, and the README states the FP8 code was not merged. The reproduction steps cannot be followed here as written.
Suggested fix
--- "a/families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md"+++ "b/families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md"@@ -211,8 +211,10 @@
1. Calibrate per-tensor activation scales with ModelOpt `FP8_DEFAULT_CFG` on
the base plus the conditional LoRA wrapper, feeding each sample as verify
rows and as draft rows (section 3).
-2. Build the bf16 and FP8 bundles of the checkpoints above with the recipe of- section 3.+2. Build the bf16 bundle of the checkpoints above. The FP8 bundle needs the+ FP8 study code, which is not in this repository.+ `families/k2_horizon_uno/model.py` rejects quantized builds, so the recipe+ of section 3 cannot be run here.
3. Time one 8-row call with and without a CUDA graph, then run speculative
decode and the quality metrics of section 4 against Transformers bf16.
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2. Build the bf16 and FP8 bundles of the checkpoints above with the recipe of
section 3.
2. Build the bf16 bundle of the checkpoints above. The FP8 bundle needs the
FP8 study code, which is not in this repository.
`families/k2_horizon_uno/model.py` rejects quantized builds, so the recipe
of section 3 cannot be run here.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md around lines 214 - 215:
Update step 2 to instruct readers to build only the bf16 bundle, and clarify
that the FP8 bundle is unavailable because the required FP8 study code is not
included and quantized builds for this family are rejected. Keep the section 3
recipe reference limited to the supported bf16 build.
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families/k2_horizon_unobuilds K2-Horizon-7B plus the Uno conditional LoRA adapter as one bf16 engine (1 to 8 rows per call, per-rowlora_mask) for greedy linear speculative decoding, and has no quantized build. No official FP8 checkpoint is usable: the publisher FP8 checkpoint of the base uses a 128 x 128 block-scale format that does not build in this family, and the only NVFP4 checkpoint is a community one. So FP8 self-quantization with the recipe of the merged k2_horizon FP8 build (#2021) was built and measured on TensorRT 11.4 (B200, B300) and 11.1 (B200). FP8 does not pay for this family: without a CUDA graph (the native runtime uses none) an 8-row call is 0.88x to 0.96x of bf16, draft acceptance drops, and speculative decode is 0.84x to 0.88x of bf16. This change adds a family README that records the study, like the bart (#2004) and timesfm (#2005) studies, so that it does not have to be repeated. The FP8 code is not part of this change. NVFP4 for the MLP was measured and is not shipped.Exit Criteria
Implementation
families/k2_horizon_uno/README.md(new): short family overview and the section "FP8 quantization study (not shipped)": summary and decision, model and engine, recipe, method, speed, speculative decode and quality, NVFP4, found on the way, what was not tried, how to reproduce, when to revisit.Recipe that was measured (code kept out of the repository):
layer.35.w_downstay bf16, as in k2_horizon. The LoRA branch, embedding, norms andlm_headstay bf16.FP8_DEFAULT_CFGon the base plus the conditional LoRA wrapper, 512 samples fed as verify rows and as draft rows. bf16 Dequantize, dual-GEMM fusion off.Change categories
Validation
Commands and Results
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python3 -m tools.model_ci validatepytest tools/tests/test_architecture.py tools/tests/test_public_source_hygiene.py(CPU)git diff --checkpython3 tools/pr_metadata.py validateon this descriptionThe numbers in the README come from the local study and are not re-run by this change (TensorRT 11.4,
max_sequence_length1024, one 8-row call; ratio = bf16 time / FP8 time):Bundle 17.44 GiB to 11.38 GiB (-35%). TensorRT 11.1 (B200): FP8 recipe 1.11x per 8-row call in a CUDA graph, speculative decode 0.68x of bf16.
Hardware, Environment, and Revisions
upstream/mainate7cf80c1.IFM/K2-Horizon-7B-Unoatec92bbd768f4a404319625204544782e3377bcd7andIFM/K2-Horizon-7Bat586b03f0fd1fbbf2f13eeafc33749e95ae34dd10(manifest revisions).FP8_DEFAULT_CFG, Python harness that calls the engine directly.Not Run / Remaining Gaps
[MS] Multi stream is disabled because the stream assignment failed), and the multi-stream plans are 1.3x to 1.5x slower than bf16 without a CUDA graph.Contributor Self-Review
Notes For Future Readers
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Risk rationale: one new Markdown file; no code, build, bundle or test change.
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