Model Quantization: INT8, INT4, and AWQ/GPTQ – Choosing the Right Compression for Production
This article explains how INT8, INT4, bitsandbytes, GPTQ, and AWQ quantization methods can dramatically cut memory usage, boost inference speed, and lower costs for large language models, while detailing their trade‑offs, practical workflows, benchmark results, and common pitfalls to help engineers decide which technique best fits their production scenario.
