# Eric Hartford's Based 30B GGML
These files are GGML format model files for [Eric Hartford's Based 30B](https://huggingface.co/ehartford/based-30b).
GGML files are for CPU + GPU inference using [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp) and libraries and UIs which support this format, such as:
* [text-generation-webui](https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui)
* [KoboldCpp](https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp)
* [ParisNeo/GPT4All-UI](https://github.com/ParisNeo/gpt4all-ui)
* [llama-cpp-python](https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python)
* [ctransformers](https://github.com/marella/ctransformers)
## Repositories available
* [4-bit GPTQ models for GPU inference](https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/based-30B-GPTQ)
* [2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8-bit GGML models for CPU+GPU inference](https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/based-30B-GGML)
* [Unquantised fp16 model in pytorch format, for GPU inference and for further conversions](https://huggingface.co/ehartford/based-30b)
## Compatibility
### Original llama.cpp quant methods: `q4_0, q4_1, q5_0, q5_1, q8_0`
I have quantized these 'original' quantisation methods using an older version of llama.cpp so that they remain compatible with llama.cpp as of May 19th, commit `2d5db48`.
They should be compatible with all current UIs and libraries that use llama.cpp, such as those listed at the top of this README.
### New k-quant methods: `q2_K, q3_K_S, q3_K_M, q3_K_L, q4_K_S, q4_K_M, q5_K_S, q6_K`
These new quantisation methods are only compatible with llama.cpp as of June 6th, commit `2d43387`.
They will NOT be compatible with koboldcpp, text-generation-ui, and other UIs and libraries yet. Support is expected to come over the next few days.
## Explanation of the new k-quant methods
The new methods available are:
* GGML_TYPE_Q2_K - "type-1" 2-bit quantization in super-blocks containing 16 blocks, each block having 16 weight. Block scales and mins are quantized with 4 bits. This ends up effectively using 2.5625 bits per weight (bpw)
* GGML_TYPE_Q3_K - "type-0" 3-bit quantization in super-blocks containing 16 blocks, each block having 16 weights. Scales are quantized with 6 bits. This end up using 3.4375 bpw.
* GGML_TYPE_Q4_K - "type-1" 4-bit quantization in super-blocks containing 8 blocks, each block having 32 weights. Scales and mins are quantized with 6 bits. This ends up using 4.5 bpw.
* GGML_TYPE_Q5_K - "type-1" 5-bit quantization. Same super-block structure as GGML_TYPE_Q4_K resulting in 5.5 bpw
* GGML_TYPE_Q6_K - "type-0" 6-bit quantization. Super-blocks with 16 blocks, each block having 16 weights. Scales are quantized with 8 bits. This ends up using 6.5625 bpw
* GGML_TYPE_Q8_K - "type-0" 8-bit quantization. Only used for quantizing intermediate results. The difference to the existing Q8_0 is that the block size is 256. All 2-6 bit dot products are implemented for this quantization type.
Refer to the Provided Files table below to see what files use which methods, and how.
## Provided files
| Name | Quant method | Bits | Size | Max RAM required | Use case |
| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ----- |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q2_K.bin | q2_K | 2 | 13.60 GB | 16.10 GB | New k-quant method. Uses GGML_TYPE_Q4_K for the attention.vw and feed_forward.w2 tensors, GGML_TYPE_Q2_K for the other tensors. |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q3_K_L.bin | q3_K_L | 3 | 17.20 GB | 19.70 GB | New k-quant method. Uses GGML_TYPE_Q5_K for the attention.wv, attention.wo, and feed_forward.w2 tensors, else GGML_TYPE_Q3_K |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q3_K_M.bin | q3_K_M | 3 | 15.64 GB | 18.14 GB | New k-quant method. Uses GGML_TYPE_Q4_K for the attention.wv, attention.wo, and feed_forward.w2 tensors, else GGML_TYPE_Q3_K |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q3_K_S.bin | q3_K_S | 3 | 13.98 GB | 16.48 GB | New k-quant method. Uses GGML_TYPE_Q3_K for all tensors |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q4_0.bin | q4_0 | 4 | 18.30 GB | 20.80 GB | Original llama.cpp quant method, 4-bit. |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q4_1.bin | q4_1 | 4 | 20.33 GB | 22.83 GB | Original llama.cpp quant method, 4-bit. Higher accuracy than q4_0 but not as high as q5_0. However has quicker inference than q5 models. |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q4_K_M.bin | q4_K_M | 4 | 19.57 GB | 22.07 GB | New k-quant method. Uses GGML_TYPE_Q6_K for half of the attention.wv and feed_forward.w2 tensors, else GGML_TYPE_Q4_K |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q4_K_S.bin | q4_K_S | 4 | 18.30 GB | 20.80 GB | New k-quant method. Uses GGML_TYPE_Q4_K for all tensors |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q5_0.bin | q5_0 | 5 | 22.37 GB | 24.87 GB | Original llama.cpp quant method, 5-bit. Higher accuracy, higher resource usage and slower inference. |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q5_1.bin | q5_1 | 5 | 24.40 GB | 26.90 GB | Original llama.cpp quant method, 5-bit. Even higher accuracy, resource usage and slower inference. |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q5_K_M.bin | q5_K_M | 5 | 23.02 GB | 25.52 GB | New k-quant method. Uses GGML_TYPE_Q6_K for half of the attention.wv and feed_forward.w2 tensors, else GGML_TYPE_Q5_K |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q5_K_S.bin | q5_K_S | 5 | 22.37 GB | 24.87 GB | New k-quant method. Uses GGML_TYPE_Q5_K for all tensors |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q6_K.bin | q6_K | 6 | 26.69 GB | 29.19 GB | New k-quant method. Uses GGML_TYPE_Q8_K - 6-bit quantization - for all tensors |
| based-30b.ggmlv3.q8_0.bin | q8_0 | 8 | 34.56 GB | 37.06 GB | Original llama.cpp quant method, 8-bit. Almost indistinguishable from float16. High resource use and slow. Not recommended for most users. |
**Note**: the above RAM figures assume no GPU offloading. If layers are offloaded to the GPU, this will reduce RAM usage and use VRAM instead.
## How to run in `llama.cpp`
I use the following command line; adjust for your tastes and needs:
```
./main -t 10 -ngl 32 -m based-30b.ggmlv3.q5_0.bin --color -c 2048 --temp 0.7 --repeat_penalty 1.1 -n -1 -p "### Instruction: Write a story about llamas\n### Response:"
```
Change `-t 10` to the number of physical CPU cores you have. For example if your system has 8 cores/16 threads, use `-t 8`.
Change `-ngl 32` to the number of layers to offload to GPU. Remove it if you don't have GPU acceleration.
If you want to have a chat-style conversation, replace the `-p 