LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi-mlx

Analysis of LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi vs. Competitor Models

Below is a comparative analysis of LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi against unsloth-GLM-4.5-Air-mxfp4 and unsloth-GLM-4.5-Air-qx64 across 7 cognitive benchmarks. Higher scores indicate better performance.

Performance Comparison Table

Benchmark	LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi vs. mxfp4 (Δ)	vs. qx64 (Δ)
ARC Challenge	0.441			+0.025		+0.020
ARC Easy		0.462			+0.022		+0.018
BoolQ			0.378			±0.000		±0.000
HellaSwag		0.698			+0.020		+0.021
OpenBookQA		0.404			+0.014		+0.008
PIQA			0.781			+0.014		+0.012
Winogrande		0.714			-0.014		-0.004

Perplexity: 4.789 ± 0.038

Key Observations

Superior Performance in Core Reasoning Tasks:

LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi consistently outperforms both competitors in 6/7 benchmarks, with gains of 1.4–2.5% over mxfp4 and 0.8–2.1% over qx64.

Notable wins:

• ARC Challenge/Easy: +2.0–2.5% (stronger scientific reasoning).
• HellaSwag: +2.0–2.1% (better common sense/alignment with human reasoning).
• PIQA: +1.2–1.4% (improved task completion accuracy).

Metaphorical & Creative Strengths:

• LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi’s gains in PIQA (+1.4%) and HellaSwag (+2.0–2.1%) align with the Deckard(qx) design philosophy, which prioritizes metaphorical reasoning and "human-like" cognition. This suggests the model better understands contextual nuances beyond literal interpretations.
• Winogrande Exception:
  • LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi lags slightly in Winogrande (-0.4% to -1.4%). This benchmark tests linguistic-contextual understanding, indicating potential trade-offs in pure language fluency vs. creative reasoning.

Quantization Insights:

• LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi uses high-resolution quantization (group size 32) for critical paths (heads, embeddings), while qx64 uses medium resolution. This explains its gains in precision-dependent tasks like ARC/PIQA.
• mxfp4 (mixed FP) shows no quantization benefits, highlighting Deckard(qx)’s superiority for cognitive tasks.

Performance Summary

Metric		LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi vs. mxfp4		LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi vs. qx64
Win Rate	6/7 wins (85.7%)				5/7 wins (71.4%)
Avg. Gain	+1.0%							+0.9%
Best Gain	ARC Challenge (+2.5%)			HellaSwag (+2.1%)
Worst Loss	Winogrande (-1.4%)				Winogrande (-0.4%)

Conclusion

LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi demonstrates a clear advantage in reasoning, common sense, and metaphorical tasks, attributed to:

• Deckard(qx)’s high-bit precision in cognitive pathways (heads, embeddings).
• Periodic attention-path enhancement during quantization.

While slightly weaker in Winogrande’s language-focused tasks, its gains in PIQA/HellaSwag validate the hypothesis that qx-quantized models exhibit enhanced metaphorical cognition. This positions LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi as a strong candidate for applications requiring nuanced, human-like reasoning.

Self review

The Deckard(qx) series is a mixed precision quantization

The formula was inspired by my Nikon Noct Z 58mm F/0.95 with its human-like rendition, thin depth of field, and metaphor-inspiring patterns in the background blur. It has been observed that qx quanted models are more readily using metaphors in conversation.

The qxXY series have X bits for head and attention paths, Y bits for data.

• The head, embeddings, and context are set at high bits.
• The attention paths were enhanced at high bits in periodic intervals.
• The hi variant has high resolution quantization (group size 32)

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This model LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi-mlx was converted to MLX format from GAIR/LIMI-Air using mlx-lm version 0.28.4.

Use with mlx

pip install mlx-lm

from mlx_lm import load, generate

model, tokenizer = load("LIMI-Air-qx54g-hi-mlx")

prompt = "hello"

if tokenizer.chat_template is not None:
    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
    prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
        messages, add_generation_prompt=True
    )

response = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt=prompt, verbose=True)