Critique on Quantization Benchmarks: When Quant Beats Reference, It's Overfitting
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-24
A discussion critiquing model quantization benchmarks. It points out that when a quantized model outperforms the reference model, it indicates overfitting to the test (Goodhart's Law), rendering the evaluation useless. This refers to a rigorous test of Qwen3.8 27B across various bitrates.
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