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KV cache quant benchmarks: KVarN 6-bit matches q8_0, 4-bit matches q5_0. Massive!

Via r/LocalLlama
Saturday, Jun 6, 2026 · 6:06PM
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TL;DR Based on long context KLD benchmarks, KVarN appears to be just better than usual llama.cpp KV cache quants. At every size, KVarN matches precision of usual quants of one bit higher. A number of people in the comments under my previous post asked a fair question: what if we drop the obsession w

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