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PN-Mix: Mixed-Precision Key Cache Quantization for Efficient Long-Output LLM Inference

Long-output inference in large language models faces KV cache memory and bandwidth bottlenecks. PN-Mix uses pair-norm guided mixed-precision quantization to reduce these bottlenecks while maintaining model accuracy by allocating higher precision to important key channels.

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-10-14T05:29:08+00:00 Detected 2026-10-15T09:21:15+00:00
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Long-output inference in large language models faces KV cache memory and bandwidth bottlenecks. PN-Mix uses pair-norm guided mixed-precision quantization to reduce these bottlenecks while maintaining model accuracy by allocating higher precision to important key channels.

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Long-output inference in large language models suffers from severe KV cache memory and bandwidth bottlenecks. While KV cache quantization alleviates this issue, low-bit quantization (e.g., 2-bit) severely degrades model accuracy. Recent mixed-precision key-cache quantization methods mitigate this degradation by...

Efficient KV cache quantization can significantly reduce memory and bandwidth demands during long-output LLM inference without severely degrading accuracy. This approach addresses limitations of low-bit quantization by better estimating channel importance.

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