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llama.cpp Discussion #23853 shares an NVFP4/MXFP6 mixed-precision tool

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Discussion #23853 — released a tool for NVFP4/MXFP6 mixed precision + imatrix per-layer optimization. Comparisons shared in the discussion found NVFP4 faster but below Q4_K_M in quality

Why it matters

Real measurements showing hardware-native FP4 has not yet beaten community quantization. The format race is unresolved

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Officialgithub.comhttps://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/discussions/23853

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