Who it is forA researcher or reviewer who wants to verify a Prism Quant benchmark number before citing it or comparing against it.
The problemA badge and a ranking appear in the README, and the reader needs to know what the score covers and what it does not.
The outcomeA short written note stating the cited score, the model and precision setting, the revisions used, and the limits of the comparison.
What you need first
- Python 3.10 or newer
- A PyTorch installation that matches your CUDA version
- Internet access to clone the repo and download Hugging Face checkpoints
- Enough GPU or system memory for the chosen model size (see docs/models.md)
Steps
- Open the paper at https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.32429 and locate the Llama-3.1-70B W4A4KV4 k=8 WikiText-2 result.
- Open docs/evaluation_metadata.md and note the evaluation settings listed there.
- Open prismquant/models.json and confirm the artifact and base model revisions it pins.
- Read docs/reproduction.md for the reproduction scope and any missing steps.
- Write a note that separates the published score from the indexed comparison set and from an independent replication.
Prompt for your agent
Using the PrismQuant repo at https://github.com/ForeverBlue816/PrismQuant, read docs/evaluation_metadata.md, docs/reproduction.md and prismquant/models.json. Produce a note listing the Llama-3.1-70B WikiText-2 setting, the pinned revisions, and what the catalog does not verify.
Caveat. The README states that catalog verification is not an independent experimental replication, so the note must not treat the published score as independently reproduced.
Use this in your AI agent
Ask your agent
Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for ForeverBlue816/PrismQuant and "Trace the published WikiText-2 perplexity claim to its sources"
Add Deduped to Claude Code once
claude mcp add --transport http deduped https://dedupedai.com/mcp
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