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---
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base_model: Qwen/Qwen3-4B
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base_model_relation: quantized
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tags:
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- dfloat11
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- df11
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- lossless compression
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- 70% size, 100% accuracy
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## DFloat11 Compressed Model: `Qwen/Qwen3-4B`
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This is a **losslessly compressed** version of [`Qwen/Qwen3-4B`](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-4B) using our custom **DFloat11** format. The outputs of this compressed model are **bit-for-bit identical** to the original BFloat16 model, while reducing GPU memory consumption by approximately **30%**.
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### 🔍 How It Works
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DFloat11 compresses model weights using **Huffman coding** of BFloat16 exponent bits, combined with **hardware-aware algorithmic designs** that enable efficient on-the-fly decompression directly on the GPU. During inference, the weights remain compressed in GPU memory and are **decompressed just before matrix multiplications**, then **immediately discarded after use** to minimize memory footprint.
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Key benefits:
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* **No CPU decompression or host-device data transfer** -- all operations are handled entirely on the GPU.
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* **Decompression overhead is constant** per forward pass and **independent of batch size**, making DFloat11 increasingly efficient at larger batch sizes.
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* DFloat11 is **much faster than CPU-offloading approaches**, enabling practical deployment in memory-constrained environments.
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* At **batch size = 1**, inference is approximately **2× slower** than the original BF16 model, but the performance gap **narrows significantly** with larger batches.
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* The compression is **fully lossless**, guaranteeing that the model’s outputs are **bit-for-bit identical** to those of the original model.
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### 🔧 How to Use
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1. Install the DFloat11 pip package *(installs the CUDA kernel automatically; requires a CUDA-compatible GPU and PyTorch installed)*:
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```bash
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pip install dfloat11[cuda12]
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# or if you have CUDA version 11:
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# pip install dfloat11[cuda11]
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```
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2. To use the DFloat11 model, run the following example code in Python:
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```python
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import torch
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from dfloat11 import DFloat11Model
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from transformers import AutoTokenizer
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model_id = "DFloat11/Qwen3-4B-DF11"
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model = DFloat11Model.from_pretrained(model_id, device_map="auto")
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tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
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tokenizer.pad_token = tokenizer.eos_token
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prompt = "Question: What is a binary tree and its applications? Answer:"
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inputs = tokenizer(prompt, return_tensors="pt", padding=True).to(model.device)
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with torch.no_grad():
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output = model.generate(
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**inputs,
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max_new_tokens=256,
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do_sample=True,
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)
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print(tokenizer.batch_decode(output, skip_special_tokens=True))
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```
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### 📄 Learn More
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* **Paper**: [70% Size, 100% Accuracy: Lossless LLM Compression for Efficient GPU Inference via Dynamic-Length Float](https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.11651)
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* **GitHub**: [https://github.com/LeanModels/DFloat11](https://github.com/LeanModels/DFloat11)
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* **HuggingFace**: [https://huggingface.co/DFloat11](https://huggingface.co/DFloat11)
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