bf16?

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by alexloops - opened

What is the difference between BF16 and the other in terms of quality? Which one is better than the other?

As far as I know BF16 highest widest precision (Almost like FP32) so much better compared to other.. if they are FP16 or lower FP8. But your GPU needs to support BF16 otherwise it will be software emulated to FP32 during runtime and it will be slower. I'm Just curious why the size of BF16 lower in files section than the other if they are FP16 or FP8.

curious why the size of BF16 lower

Cause BF16 is twice as small as FP32. That's what the other precision is.

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