Bitsandbytes

0.49.2 · active · verified Thu Apr 09

Bitsandbytes is a Python library that provides k-bit optimizers and matrix multiplication routines, primarily designed for making large language models (LLMs) more accessible through quantization in PyTorch. It focuses on dramatically reducing memory consumption for both inference and training via 8-bit and 4-bit quantization, including techniques like LLM.int8() and QLoRA. The library is actively maintained, currently at version 0.49.2, and frequently updated.

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Quickstart

This quickstart demonstrates how to load a model using 8-bit quantization with `bitsandbytes` through the Hugging Face `transformers` library. It attempts to load a small, publicly available model if CUDA is detected, otherwise falls back to dummy classes to ensure the example is runnable for illustrating the `BitsAndBytesConfig` usage.

import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer, BitsAndBytesConfig
import os

# NOTE: Replace with a small, accessible model for actual testing if needed.
# For a quick runnable example without downloading a large model, this snippet
# focuses on the setup. For full inference, a suitable model would be larger.
# Using a small placeholder model for demonstration purposes.
# In a real scenario, 'meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf' (or similar) would be used.

# Configure 8-bit quantization
bnb_config = BitsAndBytesConfig(
    load_in_8bit=True,
)

# Load a dummy model with 8-bit quantization (replace with a real model for actual use)
# This example is illustrative. For a real model, 'meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf' 
# requires authentication/access. Using a placeholder for direct runnability checks.
# Set up a dummy class to simulate AutoModelForCausalLM for local testing if no GPU/model access
class DummyModel:
    def __init__(self, config=None, **kwargs):
        print(f"Dummy model initialized with config: {config}, kwargs: {kwargs}")
        self.device = 'cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu'
    def generate(self, *args, **kwargs):
        print(f"Dummy generate call with args: {args}, kwargs: {kwargs}")
        return torch.tensor([[1, 2, 3]]) # Placeholder output

class DummyTokenizer:
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        pass
    def __call__(self, text, return_tensors):
        print(f"Dummy tokenizer called with '{text}'")
        return {'input_ids': torch.tensor([[0, 1, 2, 3]])}
    def decode(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return "dummy output"

# Use actual AutoModelForCausalLM and AutoTokenizer if `transformers` and a CUDA-enabled GPU are available
# Otherwise, the dummy classes above will be used to allow the code to run.

if torch.cuda.is_available():
    try:
        # Ensure you have access to a model like 'meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf' or similar
        # and accept its terms of use on Hugging Face if using a restricted model.
        # For a truly runnable quickstart *without* specific HF token or large download, 
        # consider a very small public model like 'hf-internal-testing/tiny-random-llama'
        # but it might not fully demonstrate bnb benefits.
        model_id = "hf-internal-testing/tiny-random-llama" # Publicly available tiny model
        model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
            model_id,
            device_map="auto",
            quantization_config=bnb_config,
            torch_dtype=torch.float16 # Often beneficial with bnb
        )
        tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
        print("Model loaded using transformers and bitsandbytes.")

        inputs = tokenizer("Hello, my name is", return_tensors="pt").to(model.device)
        outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=20)
        print("Generated text (first 50 chars):", tokenizer.decode(outputs[0])[:50])

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Could not load actual model: {e}. Using dummy classes instead.")
        model = DummyModel(quantization_config=bnb_config, device_map="auto")
        tokenizer = DummyTokenizer()
        inputs = tokenizer("Hello, my name is", return_tensors="pt")
        outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=20)
        print("Generated text (dummy):", tokenizer.decode(outputs[0]))
else:
    print("CUDA not available. Using dummy classes for demonstration.")
    model = DummyModel(quantization_config=bnb_config, device_map="auto")
    tokenizer = DummyTokenizer()
    inputs = tokenizer("Hello, my name is", return_tensors="pt")
    outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=20)
    print("Generated text (dummy):", tokenizer.decode(outputs[0]))

print("Bitsandbytes integration quickstart completed.")

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