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How to Compare LLM Architectures: 16 Models, One File Each
Compare LLM architectures fast: GQA cuts KV cache 8x on Llama 3 70B, MLA cuts it 93.3% on DeepSeek-V2. One PyTorch repo shows why, file by file.
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Compare LLM architectures fast: GQA cuts KV cache 8x on Llama 3 70B, MLA cuts it 93.3% on DeepSeek-V2. One PyTorch repo shows why, file by file.

Loop transformer blocks or add more layers? Reusing weights cuts training compute 6.8-18% at equal loss, but forward passes and KV cache never shrink.