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llama.cpp defines five GGML IQ formats at one and two bits; we ship two. This adds IQ2_XXS, at 2.0625 bits per weight between IQ1_S and IQ2_XS, and is the first of three changes that close the gap. On a real mixed-precision checkpoint (unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF) IQ2_XXS alone covers 59 tensors and 2.84B parameters, 10.6% of the file, which a reader limited to IQ1_S and IQ2_XS cannot consume. The encoder follows the existing single-pass grid search at a fixed anchored super-block scale, and the CUDA kernel follows the existing per-block structure. IQ2_XXS reuses IQ2_XS's even-parity sign rule but packs a 4-bit sub-block scale into the same 32-bit word as four 7-bit sign indices, and its 256-entry grid needs no high index bits. Two pieces of groundwork come with it, both of which the next two formats reuse. Export spelled the IQ family as a two-element tuple at nine sites; those become an IQ_FORMATS frozenset plus per-format packer and block-geometry tables, so a format is a row rather than a sweep through the exporters. And the per-format test files, which had drifted apart, become one parametrized module per layer, so every format is held to the same contract. The decoder is validated against llama.cpp's own output over 11,100,160 blocks from that checkpoint, all bit-identical to dequantize_row_iq2_xxs, and the new codebook matches the ggml-common.h table entry for entry. Blocks lifted from the checkpoint ship as conformance vectors so CI keeps checking bytes we did not produce. Measured on a 5632x2048 weight, the CUDA encoder runs at 1047.9 M elem/s against the torch search's 10.7. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Chenjie Luo <chenjiel@nvidia.com>
Second of three changes completing the GGML IQ formats at one and two bits, after IQ2_XXS. IQ2_S is the widest of the family at 2.5625 bits per weight, and covers 9 tensors and 0.6B parameters of the mixed-precision checkpoint the first change measured. It is the one format llama.cpp's own tooling gives no head start on, so both the search and the kernel are written against the GGML layout directly. The interesting difference from IQ2_XS and IQ2_XXS is the sign handling: IQ2_S stores a full eight-bit sign mask per group rather than a seven-bit parity-coded index, so the encoder takes the input signs as they are instead of flipping the weakest element to fix parity, and the search compares magnitudes directly. Its 1024-entry codebook is twice IQ2_XS's, which makes it the most expensive search of the five and pushes the grid past the static shared memory limit, so the kernel keeps the codebook and its norms in dynamic shared memory. On a 5632x2048 weight that is 725.7 M elem/s against the torch search's 0.8 -- without the kernel, a 27B model would take about ten hours to pack. The decoder is validated against llama.cpp's own output over 2,355,200 blocks from the same checkpoint, all bit-identical to dequantize_row_iq2_s, and the new codebook matches the ggml-common.h table entry for entry. The format joins the shared parametrized test batteries and the IQ_FORMATS registry introduced with IQ2_XXS, so it inherits the whole contract rather than bringing its own. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Chenjie Luo <chenjiel@nvidia.com>
Last of three changes completing the GGML IQ formats at one and two bits, after IQ2_XXS and IQ2_S. IQ1_M sits at 1.75 bits per weight just above IQ1_S and covers 25 tensors and 1.2B parameters of the mixed-precision checkpoint the first change measured. It is the most irregular layout of the five. There is no leading block scale field at all: the FP16 super-block scale is reassembled from the top nibble of each of four scale words. It is also finer grained than IQ1_S, with a local scale per two groups rather than four and a delta shift chosen per group rather than per sub-block, which is where its extra 0.1875 bits go. In the kernel the shift therefore sits above the entry index in the sort key, so a tie still prefers the lower shift and then the lower entry as the reference encoder does, and the 2048-entry grid it shares with IQ1_S is read from global memory because it does not fit in shared -- the same choice IQ1_S makes. IQ1_M anchors its scale differently from IQ1_S: the ratio rises with a block's peak-to-RMS rather than being flat, clamp(0.58 + 0.035 * peak_to_rms, 0.65, 0.95). Measured over 15 Qwen3.8-27B MLP weights, using that instead of IQ1_S's flat 0.61 lowers relative reconstruction MSE from 0.17372 to 0.17291, consistently on every tensor. Two surface asymmetries close with it, so the family is uniform: IQ1_S now exposes _predict_iq1_s_scales like the other four instead of computing its anchor inline, and IQ1_M exposes iq1_m_grid aliasing the IQ1_S table it shares. The decoder is validated against llama.cpp's own output over 4,730,880 blocks from the same checkpoint, all bit-identical to dequantize_row_iq1_m. On a 5632x2048 weight the CUDA encoder runs at 309.8 M elem/s against the torch search's 5.6. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Chenjie Luo <chenjiel@nvidia.com>
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quantize_iq2_s->>iq2_s_pack: Pass input, grid, and predicted scales
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iq2_s_pack_cuda-->>iq2_s_pack: Return packed byte blocks
iq2_s_pack-->>quantize_iq2_s: Return packed weights
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In `@modelopt/torch/export/quant_format.py`:
- Around line 45-56: Update _quant_algo_to_group_config and
convert_hf_quant_config_format to recognize all formats in IQ_FORMATS, including
IQ1_M, IQ2_XXS, and IQ2_S. Reuse IQ_FORMATS for membership checks and ensure
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Update convert_hf_quant_config_format to handle the three new IQ formats.
IQ_FORMATS in quant_format.py now contains five formats, but _quant_algo_to_group_config in convert_hf_config.py only recognizes IQ1_S and IQ2_XS (line 130). When a new format (IQ1_M, IQ2_XXS, or IQ2_S) reaches this function, it falls through to the unrecognized-algorithm case (lines 150-157), which issues a warning and returns an incomplete configuration containing only {"quant_algo": quant_algo}.
The check at line 242 of convert_hf_quant_config_format also hardcodes only the two original formats. When called with a new format for a single-algorithm export, this branch is skipped entirely, so config.json receives no quantization metadata at all. Loaders that read config.json cannot then determine the GGML block layout.
The MIXED_PRECISION path at line 290 calls _quant_algo_to_group_config for each layer group, triggering the same incomplete-config issue for new formats.
Update the hardcoded tuples at lines 130 and 242 to include the new formats. You can derive the set dynamically from IQ_FORMATS using a pattern such as {f.upper() for f in IQ_FORMATS}, which ensures consistency as formats are added. Add the necessary block-size, payload-bytes, and effective-bits imports for the new formats (or refactor the function to avoid needing per-format constants).
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The minimal fix updates the hardcoded checks. A more maintainable solution derives the format set from IQ_FORMATS:
# modelopt/torch/export/convert_hf_config.py
# Near the top, import IQ_FORMATS
from modelopt.torch.export.quant_format import IQ_FORMATS
# In _quant_algo_to_group_config, replace the hardcoded tuple:
# OLD: elif quant_algo in ("IQ1_S", "IQ2_XS"):
# NEW:
supported_iq = {f.upper() for f in IQ_FORMATS}
elif quant_algo in supported_iq:
# then add handling for the new formats using imported constants
# or refactor to look them up from a mapping tableAt minimum, add the new format names to the tuples at lines 130 and 242, and import the required block-size constants:
# Add to imports
from modelopt.torch.quantization.ggml import (
IQ1_S_BLOCK_BYTES,
IQ1_S_BLOCK_SIZE,
IQ1_S_EFFECTIVE_BITS,
IQ1_M_BLOCK_BYTES, # ADD
IQ1_M_BLOCK_SIZE, # ADD
IQ1_M_EFFECTIVE_BITS, # ADD
IQ2_XS_BLOCK_BYTES,
IQ2_XS_BLOCK_SIZE,
IQ2_XS_EFFECTIVE_BITS,
IQ2_XXS_BLOCK_BYTES, # ADD
IQ2_XXS_BLOCK_SIZE, # ADD
IQ2_XXS_EFFECTIVE_BITS, # ADD
IQ2_S_BLOCK_BYTES, # ADD
IQ2_S_BLOCK_SIZE, # ADD
IQ2_S_EFFECTIVE_BITS, # ADD
)
# Line 130: Update the check
elif quant_algo in ("IQ1_S", "IQ1_M", "IQ2_XS", "IQ2_XXS", "IQ2_S"):
# Expand the if/else block to handle all five formats
# Line 242: Update the check
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In `@modelopt/torch/export/quant_format.py` around lines 45 - 56, Update
_quant_algo_to_group_config and convert_hf_quant_config_format to recognize all
formats in IQ_FORMATS, including IQ1_M, IQ2_XXS, and IQ2_S. Reuse IQ_FORMATS for
membership checks and ensure each format produces complete block-layout
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What does this PR do?
Type of change: new feature
Adds IQ1_M at 1.75 bits per weight, just above IQ1_S. Last of three, stacked on #2512 (IQ2_S) and #2511 (IQ2_XXS). With it, ModelOpt supports all five GGML IQ formats at one and two bits.
On the mixed-precision checkpoint #2511 measured, IQ1_M covers 25 tensors and 1.2 B parameters. With all five formats we can read 89.0% of that file; the rest is k-quants and F32.
What's distinctive about it
IQ1_M is the most irregular layout of the five. There is no leading block scale field at all — the FP16 super-block scale is reassembled from the top nibble of each of four scale words:
It is also finer grained than IQ1_S: a local scale per two groups rather than four, and a delta shift chosen per group rather than per sub-block. That is where its extra 0.1875 bits go. In the kernel the shift therefore sits above the entry index in the sort key, so a tie still prefers the lower shift and then the lower entry as the reference encoder does. Its 2048-entry grid — shared with IQ1_S — is read from global memory because it does not fit in shared, the same choice IQ1_S makes.
A scale-anchor correction
IQ1_M anchors its scale differently from IQ1_S: the ratio rises with a block's peak-to-RMS rather than being flat, and clamps higher —
clamp(0.58 + 0.035 * peak_to_rms, 0.65, 0.95)against IQ1_S's flat0.61. Measured over 15 Qwen3.8-27B MLP weights:Consistent on every tensor, no outliers. Modest, but the flat value would have been a guess.
Worth noting why no existing test would have caught a wrong anchor: it is an encoder choice, so it changes quality without touching layout — the llama.cpp conformance vectors decode identically either way.
Family parity
Two surface asymmetries close here, so the five are uniform:
IQ1_Snow exposes_predict_iq1_s_scaleslike the other four instead of computing its anchor inline, andIQ1_Mexposesiq1_m_gridaliasing the IQ1_S table it shares.Usage
Testing
The decoder is validated against llama.cpp's own output, not just round-tripped:
This mattered — my first IQ1_M decoder had a real bug. A
repeat_interleaveon the wrong axis produced[h0,h1,h0,h1]where llama.cpp needs[h0,h0,h1,h1]. A round-trip against our own encoder still passed, because the encoder made the matching mistake. Only comparison against bytes we did not produce caught it. Mutation testing confirms the shipped conformance vectors catch a mis-set scale nibble.The CUDA encoder is byte-identical to the PyTorch reference on a fixed input and runs at 309.8 M elem/s against the torch search's 5.6 on a 5632×2048 weight.
tests/unit/torch/quantization/ -k 'ggml or iq1 or iq2 or iq_'— 144 passedtests/gpu/torch/quantization/test_iq_formats_cuda.py— 35 passed (7 checks × all 5 formats)tests/unit/recipe/test_presets.py— passing;general/ptqnow holds 31 recipes,ptq.mdupdatedPre-existing failures in
test_autoquant.pyare atorchvisioncircular import in my environment, identical with and without this change.Before your PR is "Ready for review"
CONTRIBUTING.md: ✅ — IQ1_M adds no codebook, reusing the IQ1_S table already carried incodebooks.py. No new dependencies.Additional Information
Last of three: #2511 (IQ2_XXS) → #2512 (IQ2_S) → this. Replaces #2505, which carried all three at once.
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