feat(qwen3_8): wire real NVFP4 + FP8 GEMM via add_dynamic_quantize - #1326
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📝 SummarySummaryThis PR adds Qwen3.8 NVFP4 and FP8 GEMM support with ModelOpt mixed-precision checkpoint weights and calibrated scales. It adds calibration, dynamic activation quantization, quantized weight loading, and quantization-context propagation through DeltaNet, attention, MLP, and LM-head matmuls. Builds now accept Architecture impact
Validation evidence reports a 64-layer build, native FP4/FP8 TensorRT kernels, successful generation, and 11/11 existing tests passing. Outcome: HUMAN REVIEW REQUIRED. No current review findings or severity counts were supplied. The redundant loading and dequantization behavior also remains an open blast-radius question. WalkthroughQwen3.8 now supports checkpoint-native NVFP4 and FP8 quantization. The build calibrates quantized checkpoints, passes quantization context through engine construction, applies selected precision during weight loading, and uses quantization-aware TensorRT matmuls. ChangesQwen3.8 mixed-precision quantization
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Checkpoint
participant Qwen38Model
participant Qwen38QuantContext
participant Qwen38ModelBuilder
Checkpoint->>Qwen38Model: Provide model checkpoint
Qwen38Model->>Qwen38QuantContext: Calibrate NVFP4 and FP8 tensors
Qwen38Model->>Qwen38ModelBuilder: Pass precision and quant_ctx
Qwen38ModelBuilder->>Qwen38ModelBuilder: Build quantization-aware projections
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Malformed q-projection checkpoints may fail calibration with an unclear reshape error, but valid checkpoint builds are not shown to be affected. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 8 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@families/qwen3_8/quantization.py`:
- Around line 374-385: Update _read_fp8_weight_split_q to validate
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| packed = np.ascontiguousarray(raw.view(torch.uint8).numpy()) # [2*attn_size, hidden] | ||
| hidden = packed.shape[1] | ||
| attn_size = num_heads * head_dim | ||
| reshaped = packed.reshape(num_heads, 2 * head_dim, hidden) | ||
| q_part = np.ascontiguousarray(reshaped[:, :head_dim, :].reshape(attn_size, hidden)) | ||
| gate_part = np.ascontiguousarray(reshaped[:, head_dim:, :].reshape(attn_size, hidden)) | ||
| weight_scale = float(_to_numpy_fp32(_get_raw_tensor(readers, scale_key)).reshape(-1)[0]) | ||
| q_w = _FP8Weight(packed=q_part, weight_scale=weight_scale, | ||
| out_features=attn_size, in_features=hidden) | ||
| gate_w = _FP8Weight(packed=gate_part, weight_scale=weight_scale, | ||
| out_features=attn_size, in_features=hidden) | ||
| return q_w, gate_w |
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# Confirm how the unquantized path splits q_proj into w_q and w_gate_attn.
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fd -t f 'engine_builder.py' families/qwen3_8 --exec rg -n -C 12 'w_gate_attn|q_proj' {}Repository: NVIDIA/TensorRT-Model-Connect
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Validate the packed q-projection shape before splitting. _read_fp8_weight_split_q reshapes packed without checking its first dimension. A checkpoint with an unexpected q-projection fan-out reaches reshape and raises a generic error instead of identifying the tensor and expected shape.
🛡️ Proposed shape guard
packed = np.ascontiguousarray(raw.view(torch.uint8).numpy()) # [2*attn_size, hidden]
hidden = packed.shape[1]
attn_size = num_heads * head_dim
+ if packed.shape[0] != 2 * attn_size:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"{weight_key} has shape {packed.shape}, expected "
+ f"({2 * attn_size}, {hidden})")
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| packed = np.ascontiguousarray(raw.view(torch.uint8).numpy()) # [2*attn_size, hidden] | |
| hidden = packed.shape[1] | |
| attn_size = num_heads * head_dim | |
| reshaped = packed.reshape(num_heads, 2 * head_dim, hidden) | |
| q_part = np.ascontiguousarray(reshaped[:, :head_dim, :].reshape(attn_size, hidden)) | |
| gate_part = np.ascontiguousarray(reshaped[:, head_dim:, :].reshape(attn_size, hidden)) | |
| weight_scale = float(_to_numpy_fp32(_get_raw_tensor(readers, scale_key)).reshape(-1)[0]) | |
| q_w = _FP8Weight(packed=q_part, weight_scale=weight_scale, | |
| out_features=attn_size, in_features=hidden) | |
| gate_w = _FP8Weight(packed=gate_part, weight_scale=weight_scale, | |
| out_features=attn_size, in_features=hidden) | |
| return q_w, gate_w | |
| packed = np.ascontiguousarray(raw.view(torch.uint8).numpy()) # [2*attn_size, hidden] | |
| hidden = packed.shape[1] | |
| attn_size = num_heads * head_dim | |
| if packed.shape[0] != 2 * attn_size: | |
| raise ValueError( | |
| f"{weight_key} has shape {packed.shape}, expected " | |
| f"({2 * attn_size}, {hidden})") | |
| reshaped = packed.reshape(num_heads, 2 * head_dim, hidden) | |
| q_part = np.ascontiguousarray(reshaped[:, :head_dim, :].reshape(attn_size, hidden)) | |
| gate_part = np.ascontiguousarray(reshaped[:, head_dim:, :].reshape(attn_size, hidden)) | |
| weight_scale = float(_to_numpy_fp32(_get_raw_tensor(readers, scale_key)).reshape(-1)[0]) | |
| q_w = _FP8Weight(packed=q_part, weight_scale=weight_scale, | |
| out_features=attn_size, in_features=hidden) | |
| gate_w = _FP8Weight(packed=gate_part, weight_scale=weight_scale, | |
| out_features=attn_size, in_features=hidden) | |
| return q_w, gate_w |
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In `@families/qwen3_8/quantization.py` around lines 374 - 385, Update
_read_fp8_weight_split_q to validate packed.shape[0] equals 2 * attn_size before
reshaping, raising a ValueError that identifies the tensor and reports the
actual and expected shapes; preserve the existing split flow for valid shapes.
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…antize Wires families/qwen3_8 to build genuine W4A4 NVFP4 and W8A8 FP8 GEMM engines for RadixArk/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4-style ModelOpt MIXED_PRECISION checkpoints, without tensorrt-edge-llm's custom CUTLASS plugin. families/qwen3_8/quantization.py (new): - Qwen38QuantContext / calibrate_qwen3_8_nvfp4() reads the checkpoint's own packed NVFP4 (MLP gate/up/down, lm_head) and FP8 (DeltaNet in_proj_qkv/in_proj_z/out_proj, attention q/k/v/o) weights plus their real calibrated weight_scale/weight_scale_2/input_scale tensors directly -- bit-exact reuse, no dequantize-then-requantize round trip. - NVFP4 activations use TensorRT's add_dynamic_quantize (IDynamicQuantizeLayer): the standard add_quantize+block_shape path is unconditionally rejected for FP4 output by Myelin's shape checker (src/compiler/analysis/shape.cpp:3350, "Blockwise quantization requires output type to be int8 or fp8e4m3", confirmed on TensorRT 11.1.0.106 and 11.3.0.99). add_dynamic_quantize is the one layer type with a real fused FP4 tensor-core kernel. - FP8 activations use the plain add_quantize/add_dequantize pattern (no blockwise restriction applies), matching families/qwen's proven FP8 approach. - Weight constants are fed in native [out_features, in_features] checkpoint layout with MatrixOperation.TRANSPOSE on the matmul, to avoid unpack/transpose/repack of packed sub-byte FP4 data. families/qwen3_8/engine_builder.py: - Removes the quant_ctx NotImplementedError guard. - Threads quant_ctx through DeltaNet (in_proj_qkv/in_proj_z/out_proj) and attention (q/gate/k/v/o) matmuls via graph_blocks.make_matmul_fn (already quant_ctx-aware, shared infra); MLP/lm_head already routed through it once quant_ctx stopped being force-None. - Also includes an unrelated-but-required precision-threading fix (_transpose_2d's precision param was never passed through load_weights()/_load_*_weights(), so every weight was stored as FP32 regardless of --precision, OOMing a full 27B build). This exact fix also lives isolated on zhenshanx/qwen3_8-precision-threading-fix for landing as its own PR -- drop this hunk on rebase once that merges. - Sets ProfilingVerbosity.DETAILED for engine-inspector tactic/constant visibility. families/qwen3_8/model.py: - Accepts quantization="nvfp4", builds quant_ctx via calibrate_qwen3_8_nvfp4(), threads precision into load_weights(). Verified on a real B100/Blackwell (SM100) node against the actual RadixArk/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 checkpoint: - Full 64-layer engine builds end-to-end (~500s, 20.2GB, down from a naive-quantize 53.8GB and an unquantized ~54GB FP16 baseline). - Engine inspector confirms 193 FP4E2M1-typed and 546 FP8-typed constants (matching every quantized weight_name registered), and real fused Blackwell tensor-core kernels (tensorop*/cga*/sm* tactics, Myelin-auto-fused dual_gemm for gate+up, RMSNorm+DynamicQuantize fused into single prologue kernels). - Real generation test (RadixArk/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 tokenizer + chat template, hand-driven single-step decode loop matching the C++ runtime's exact mask/state/position semantics) produces correct, coherent output for "What is the capital of France? Answer in one word." -> "Paris<|im_end|>". Known follow-up (tracked separately, not done here): checkpoint tensors for quantized weight_names are still redundantly loaded+dequantized by load_weights() even though maybe_quantized_matmul() never uses that copy -- wasted CPU/memory, not a correctness issue, worth its own perf-only PR. Signed-off-by: Zhenshan Xie <zhenshanx@nvidia.com>
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Background
families/qwen3_8(RadixArk/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4-style ModelOpt MIXED_PRECISIONcheckpoints) shipped real packed NVFP4 (W4A4) weights for MLP/lm_head and FP8
(W8A8) weights for attention/DeltaNet projections, but the engine builder
unconditionally dequantized everything to FP16/FP32 at load time and
hard-rejected any quantized build request (
NotImplementedErrorinbuild_engine()). NV Blackwell (SM100) hardware natively supports W4A4/W8A8tensor-core GEMM, so the checkpoint's own quantized weights should drive real
FP4/FP8 GEMM kernels instead of being fully dequantized and run as plain FP16
matmuls.
TensorRT's public
add_quantize+block_shapeAPI is unconditionallyrejected for FP4 output (
shape.cpp:3350, "Blockwise quantizationrequires output type to be int8 or fp8e4m3", confirmed on TensorRT
11.1.0.106 and 11.3.0.99).
IDynamicQuantizeLayer(
network.add_dynamic_quantize) is the one public layer type with a realfused FP4 tensor-core kernel and is not blocked by that check.
Exit Criteria
qwen3_8builds a real engine forRadixArk/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4with--quantization nvfp4instead of raisingNotImplementedError.bytes + their own calibrated scales), not dequantized-then-requantized.
FP8 typed, and real fused Blackwell tensor-core kernels are selected for
those layers (not a dequant-to-FP16 fallback).
template produces coherent, correct output.
a_proj/b_projstay unquantized (matches checkpointlayout); this PR does not add a new quantization scheme, only wires the
checkpoint's existing one through to real GEMM kernels.
Implementation
New
families/qwen3_8/quantization.py:calibrate_qwen3_8_nvfp4(model_dir, config, graph_ops)reads thecheckpoint's own packed NVFP4 bytes (MLP gate/up/down, lm_head) and FP8
bytes (DeltaNet in_proj_qkv/in_proj_z/out_proj, attention q/k/v/o) plus
their real calibrated
weight_scale/weight_scale_2/input_scaletensors directly, returning a
Qwen38QuantContext._NVFP4Format.wrap_matmul: weight side uses onlyadd_dequantize(twolevels: block scale via
weight_scale_2, then per-16-elementweight_scale) on the checkpoint's native packed FP4 constant --bit-exact reuse, no requantization. Activation side uses
add_dynamic_quantize(block size 16) since that is the only public APIpath to a real fused FP4 GEMM prologue.
_FP8Format.wrap_matmul: standardadd_quantize/add_dequantizeper-tensor pattern (no blockwise restriction applies to FP8), matching
families/qwen's already-proven FP8 approach.[out_features, in_features]checkpoint layout with
MatrixOperation.TRANSPOSEon the matmul, to avoidunpacking/transposing/repacking sub-byte packed FP4 data.
families/qwen3_8/engine_builder.py:quant_ctxNotImplementedErrorguard inbuild_engine().quant_ctxthrough DeltaNet (in_proj_qkv/in_proj_z/out_proj)and attention (
q/gate/k/v/o) matmuls via the existinggraph_blocks.make_matmul_fn(already quant_ctx-aware, shared with theMLP/lm_head path).
_transpose_2d'sprecisionparameter was never passed throughload_weights()/_load_*_weights(), so every weight was stored as FP32regardless of
--precision, which OOMs a full 27B build. This exact fixalso lives isolated on
zhenshanx/qwen3_8-precision-threading-fixforlanding as its own PR; drop this hunk on rebase once that merges.
ProfilingVerbosity.DETAILEDfor engine-inspector tactic/constantvisibility (diagnostics only, no behavior change).
families/qwen3_8/model.py:quantization="nvfp4", buildsquant_ctxviacalibrate_qwen3_8_nvfp4(), threadsprecisionintoload_weights().No public API, ABI, or bundle-format changes: quantized engines are only
produced when
--quantization nvfp4is explicitly requested; theunquantized build path is unchanged.
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Commands and Results
Python-path build + engine inspection (
nvfp4_venv, TensorRT 11.1.0.106):Engine inspector (
IEngineInspector,LayerInformationFormat.JSON,ProfilingVerbosity.DETAILED) constant-type census: 193 FP4E2M1-typed and546 FP8-typed constants, matching every quantized
weight_nameregisteredby
calibrate_qwen3_8_nvfp4. Tactic names show real Blackwell tensor-corekernels (
tensorop*/cga*/sm*), automatic fusion of gate+up MLPprojections into
dual_gemm_fused, andCastMulCast->FcfusedFP8-quantize-prologue+GEMM kernels -- not a dequant-to-FP16 fallback.
Hand-rolled single-step decode driver (matches the C++ runtime's exact
attention-mask/state/position semantics) with the real
RadixArk/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4tokenizer and chat template:Native
trtmcC++ runtime (source-built againstnvcr.io/nvidia/tensorrt:26.07-py3, targetstrtmc,trtmc_backend_trt,trtmc_model_qwen3_8,trtmc_dataset_benchmark), full bundle built viapython -m tensorrt_model_connect build ... --quantization nvfp4(bundlesize 20,188,813,008 bytes, matching the Python-path engine size) and run
through
trtmc_dataset_benchmark:Output text: coherent, on-topic completion for a real generation prompt
("Explain what a large language model is, in about five sentences.").
Build-time resource cost (Python path,
test_full_build_instrumented.py,stage-by-stage RSS sampling):
calibrate_qwen3_8_nvfp4: +2GB CPU RSS (real calibration data only).load_weights: +55GB CPU RSS (dominated by the knownprecision-threading bug fixed here, and by the tracked-but-not-yet-fixed
redundant double-dequantization of weights
quant_ctxalready owns --see Notes below).
build_engine: +43GB CPU RSS, ~19.2GB peak GPU memory (genuine TensorRTbuilder overhead).
Hardware, Environment, and Revisions
validation and the NGC
tensorrt:26.07-py3container used for thenative-runtime build/benchmark).
RadixArk/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4(real HF checkpoint, not asynthetic/tiny fixture).
d7b3472a(this branch, rebased ontomain).Not Run / Remaining Gaps
test_e2e.py/test_engine_builder.py/test_checkpoint_mapper.pycoverage added for the new NVFP4/FP8 path inthis PR -- all validation above was manual, on real hardware and the real
checkpoint. Adding an automated E2E/unit test is a reasonable fast-follow.
numbers above (matches the comparison baseline used).
batch-size-1 decode).
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Notes For Future Readers
also tracked as its own isolated fix on
zhenshanx/qwen3_8-precision-threading-fixfor a follow-up PR; once thatlands and this branch is rebased, drop the duplicated hunk here.
load_weights()stillloads and fully dequantizes checkpoint tensors for every
weight_namethatquant_ctxalready owns, even thoughmaybe_quantized_matmul()never uses that dequantized copy for thoseweights. This wastes CPU time/memory during build (roughly half of the
load_weightsRSS growth measured above) but is not a correctness issue.Fixing it requires passing
quant_ctxintoload_weights()and skipping_load_tensorfor names it owns, which changes the current call order inmodel.py-- left for a follow-up perf-only PR.quantization.py(new mechanism) first, then thesmall
engine_builder.py/model.pythreading changes.Risk level
Risk rationale: touches production inference behavior for a real, shipping
quantized checkpoint family, but is strictly additive/opt-in (only active
under
--quantization nvfp4) and the existing unquantized build/run path isunchanged and untouched by this diff.