Round 16 example weights to fewer bits, then compare what you save with what you lose.

Bits per weight
Scale
More settings
Graphics card
Size of Llama 3.1 8B
Speed limit, one user
Error in these 16 weights
of a typical weight

The 16 weights are an illustration, drawn in groups of 4. Size and speed use groups of 128, as Llama files do, and 16-bit embeddings. Error is the typical rounding mistake as a share of a typical weight here: a hint, not the accuracy of a model. Speed is a ceiling set by memory bandwidth, in GiB for size and tokens per second.