#Quantization - Articles & Tutorials

Quantization Explained Like You're Five: Q4 vs Q8 and When Quality Actually Drops

A comprehensive systems and mathematical guide to LLM weight quantization in 2026. We audit FP16, Q8_0, Q4_K_M, AWQ, and GPTQ, identifying the precise parameter thresholds where reasoning perplexity begins to degrade.

9/2/202622 min read

What Is Quantization? Shrinking AI Models Without Breaking Them (GGUF, AWQ, INT4, FP8) (2026)

9/12/202615 min read

Llama.cpp & GGUF Quantization Internals: K-Quants, IQ4_XS, and Metal GPU Offloading (2026)

9/12/20265 min read