LMDeploy supports LLM model inference of 4-bit weight, with the minimum requirement for NVIDIA graphics cards being sm80, such as A10, A100, Geforce 30/40 series.
Before proceeding with the inference, please ensure that lmdeploy is installed.
pip install lmdeploy
You can download the pre-quantized 4-bit weight models from LMDeploy's model zoo and conduct inference using the following command.
Alternatively, you can quantize 16-bit weights to 4-bit weights following the "4-bit Weight Quantization" section, and then perform inference as per the below instructions.
Take the 4-bit Llama-2-chat-7B model from the model zoo as an example:
git-lfs install
git clone https://huggingface.co/lmdeploy/llama2-chat-7b-w4
As demonstrated in the command below, first convert the model's layout using turbomind.deploy
, and then you can interact with the AI assistant in the terminal
## Convert the model's layout and store it in the default path, ./workspace.
python3 -m lmdeploy.serve.turbomind.deploy \
--model-name llama2 \
--model-path ./llama2-chat-7b-w4 \
--model-format awq \
--group-size 128
## inference
python3 -m lmdeploy.turbomind.chat ./workspace
If you wish to interact with the model via web ui, please initiate the gradio server as indicated below:
python3 -m lmdeploy.serve.turbomind ./workspace --server_name {ip_addr} ----server_port {port}
Subsequently, you can open the website http://{ip_addr}:{port}
in your browser and interact with the model
We benchmarked the Llama-2-7B-chat and Llama-2-13B-chat models with 4-bit quantization on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 using profile_generation.py. And we measure the token generation throughput (tokens/s) by setting a single prompt token and generating 512 tokens. All the results are measured for single batch inference.
model | llm-awq | mlc-llm | turbomind |
---|---|---|---|
Llama-2-7B-chat | 112.9 | 159.4 | 206.4 |
Llama-2-13B-chat | N/A | 90.7 | 115.8 |
Memory (GB) comparison results between 4-bit and 16-bit model with context size 2048 and 4096 respectively,
model | 16bit(2048) | 4bit(2048) | 16bit(4096) | 4bit(4096) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Llama-2-7B-chat | 15.1 | 6.3 | 16.2 | 7.5 |
Llama-2-13B-chat | OOM | 10.3 | OOM | 12.0 |
python benchmark/profile_generation.py \
./workspace \
--concurrency 1 --input_seqlen 1 --output_seqlen 512
It includes two steps:
- generate quantization parameter
- quantize model according to the parameter
python3 -m lmdeploy.lite.apis.calibrate \
--model $HF_MODEL \
--calib_dataset 'c4' \ # Calibration dataset, supports c4, ptb, wikitext2, pileval
--calib_samples 128 \ # Number of samples in the calibration set, if memory is insufficient, you can appropriately reduce this
--calib_seqlen 2048 \ # Length of a single piece of text, if memory is insufficient, you can appropriately reduce this
--work_dir $WORK_DIR \ # Folder storing Pytorch format quantization statistics parameters and post-quantization weight
LMDeploy employs AWQ algorithm for model weight quantization.
python3 -m lmdeploy.lite.apis.auto_awq \
--model $HF_MODEL \
--w_bits 4 \ # Bit number for weight quantization
--w_group_size 128 \ # Group size for weight quantization statistics
--work_dir $WORK_DIR \ # Directory saving quantization parameters from Step 1
After the quantization is complete, the quantized model is saved to $WORK_DIR
. Then you can proceed with model inference according to the instructions in the "4-Bit Weight Model Inference" section.