Tests show Quantization has minimal impact until below Q4 for local LLMs
KitchenAmoeba4438 · reddit · 2026-08-23
A two-week 24/7 benchmark on a 5080 analyzed quantization effects on local agent models. Results indicate most quants are statistically indistinguishable, MoE models are less impacted than dense ones, and significant quality degradation typically occurs only below Q4 precision.
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