Merge pull request #1160 from matthewdouglas/quant4bit-blocksize4096

Fix 4bit quantization with blocksize = 4096

Author: Titus-von-Koeller

bitsandbytes/functional.py

@@ -1087,11 +1087,12 @@ def get_4bit_type(typename, device=None, blocksize=64):
     if data is None:
         raise NotImplementedError(f"Typename {typename} not supported")
 
-    data = Tensor(data)
-    data /= data.abs().max()
+    data = torch.tensor(data, device=device)
+    data.div_(data.abs().max())
+
     assert data.numel() == 16
 
-    return data.to(device)
+    return data
 
 
 def quantize_fp4(

csrc/ops.cu

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ template <typename T, int STOCHASTIC, int DATA_TYPE> void quantizeBlockwise(floa
   num_blocks = n % blocksize == 0 ? num_blocks : num_blocks + 1;
 
   if(blocksize == 4096)
-    kQuantizeBlockwise<T, 4096, 4, STOCHASTIC, 0><<<num_blocks, 1024>>>(code, A, absmax, out, rand, rand_offset, n);
+    kQuantizeBlockwise<T, 4096, 4, STOCHASTIC, DATA_TYPE><<<num_blocks, 1024>>>(code, A, absmax, out, rand, rand_offset, n);
   else if(blocksize == 2048)
     kQuantizeBlockwise<T, 2048, 4, 0, DATA_TYPE><<<num_blocks, 512>>>(code, A, absmax, out, rand, rand_offset, n);
   else if(blocksize == 1024)

install_cuda.py

@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ def main():
     download_path = "/tmp"  # default download path
 
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
-        print(
-            "Usage: python install_cuda.py <version/all> [user/system] [download_path]"
-        )
+        print("Usage: python install_cuda.py <version/all> [user/system] [download_path]")
         sys.exit(1)
 
     version = sys.argv[1]
@@ -100,9 +98,7 @@ def main():
     elif version in cuda_versions:
         install_cuda(version, base_path, download_path)
     else:
-        print(
-            f"Invalid CUDA version: {version}. Available versions are: {', '.join(cuda_versions.keys())}"
-        )
+        print(f"Invalid CUDA version: {version}. Available versions are: {', '.join(cuda_versions.keys())}")
         sys.exit(1)
 
 

tests/test_functional.py

@@ -1928,7 +1928,9 @@ def test_bench_dequantization():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [torch.float32, torch.float16, torch.bfloat16], ids=describe_dtype)
-def test_fp4_quant(dtype):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("quant_type", ["fp4", "nf4"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("blocksize", [64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096])
+def test_4bit_quant(dtype, quant_type, blocksize):
     vals = list(product([0, 1], repeat=4))
 
     code = {}
@@ -1953,17 +1955,33 @@ def test_fp4_quant(dtype):
         code[idx] = result
 
     A1 = torch.randn(1024, 1024, device="cuda", dtype=dtype)
-    qa, SA = F.quantize_fp4(A1, blocksize=64)
-    A2 = F.dequantize_fp4(qa, SA)
+    qa, SA = F.quantize_4bit(A1, blocksize=blocksize, quant_type=quant_type)
+    A2 = F.dequantize_4bit(qa, SA, blocksize=blocksize, quant_type=quant_type)
 
     err = (A1 - A2).abs().float()
     relerr = (err / (A1.abs().float() + 1e-8)).mean()
     idx = err > 1.0
     err = err.mean()
 
     assert A2.dtype == dtype
-    assert err.item() < 0.1
-    assert relerr.item() < 0.28
+
+    # With larger block sizes, we can expect this to blow up.
+    # At blocksize>=1024, don't even bother looking at relerr.
+    if blocksize <= 64:
+        assert err.item() < 0.1
+        assert relerr.item() < 0.28
+    elif blocksize <= 256:
+        assert err.item() < 0.11
+        assert relerr.item() < 0.30
+    elif blocksize <= 512:
+        assert err.item() < 0.12
+        assert relerr.item() < 0.31
+    elif quant_type == "fp4":
+        # 1024 => 0.48, 2048 => 0.52, 4096 => 0.56
+        assert err.item() < 0.08 + math.log2(blocksize) * 4e-2
+    else:
+        # 1024 => 0.8, 2048 => 0.88, 4096 => 0.96
+        assert err.item() < math.log2(blocksize) * 8e-2
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("quant_type", ["fp4", "nf4"])