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1#!/usr/bin/env python32# =============================================================================3# Project : localvm-research4# File : experiments/candidate_01/benchmark_scale.py5# Purpose : Scale run — 32B model whose q8 does NOT fit beside the resident6# base: q4 resident + layer-streamed q8 verification sweeps7# Author : Simon-Pierre Boucher8# Contact : contact@spboucher.ai9# Created : 2026-08-1210# Modified : 2026-08-1211# Platform : macOS / Apple Silicon (arm64) — MLX / Metal12# License : All rights reserved (research code)13# =============================================================================14"""Candidate-01 scale benchmark (the regime the architecture exists for).1516Qwen3-32B on a 48 GB Mac: q4 (17.5 GB) resident; q8 (34.8 GB) cannot be17co-resident — sweeps stream it layer-by-layer from SSD (StreamingVerifier).18Baseline: pure q4 (the only real alternative on this machine). Quality judged19by Qwen3-8B-bf16 (independent judge; the 32B bf16 obviously cannot run).2021Usage:22 .venv/bin/python benchmark_scale.py [--per-domain 2] [--max-tokens 96]23"""2425from __future__ import annotations2627import argparse28import gc29import json30import sys31import time32from datetime import datetime, timezone33from pathlib import Path3435import mlx.core as mx36from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download37from mlx_lm import load3839REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]40sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "benchmarks"))41sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent / "implementation"))42from hardware_manifest import collect_manifest # noqa: E40243from runtime import generate_deferred # noqa: E40244from streaming_verifier import StreamingVerifier # noqa: E4024546Q4_REPO = "mlx-community/Qwen3-32B-4bit"47Q8_REPO = "mlx-community/Qwen3-32B-8bit"48JUDGE_REPO = "mlx-community/Qwen3-8B-bf16"495051def greedy_baseline(model, tokenizer, prompt_ids, max_tokens):52 from mlx_lm.models.cache import make_prompt_cache5354 cache = make_prompt_cache(model)55 tokens = []56 inp = mx.array(list(prompt_ids))[None]57 t0 = time.perf_counter()58 for _ in range(max_tokens):59 nxt = int(mx.argmax(model(inp, cache=cache)[0, -1]).item())60 if nxt == tokenizer.eos_token_id:61 break62 tokens.append(nxt)63 inp = mx.array([[nxt]])64 return tokens, time.perf_counter() - t0656667def main() -> None:68 ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()69 ap.add_argument("--per-domain", type=int, default=2)70 ap.add_argument("--max-tokens", type=int, default=96)71 ap.add_argument("--window", type=int, default=32)72 ap.add_argument("--taus", default="2.0")73 ap.add_argument("--modes", default="margin,verify-all")74 args = ap.parse_args()7576 q4_path = snapshot_download(Q4_REPO)77 q8_path = snapshot_download(Q8_REPO)78 domains = json.loads((REPO_ROOT / "benchmarks/datasets/eval_prompts.json").read_text())["domains"]7980 print("loading q4 resident …", flush=True)81 base_model, tokenizer = load(q4_path)82 verifier = StreamingVerifier(q8_path)83 q8_bytes = verifier.weight_bytes84 print(f"q8 checkpoint (streamed): {q8_bytes/1e9:.1f} GB", flush=True)8586 prompts = []87 for domain, plist in domains.items():88 for prompt in plist[: args.per_domain]:89 ids = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(90 [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}], add_generation_prompt=True)91 prompts.append({"domain": domain, "ids": list(ids)})9293 print("baseline: pure q4 …", flush=True)94 q4_out, q4_times = [], []95 for k, p in enumerate(prompts):96 toks, dt = greedy_baseline(base_model, tokenizer, p["ids"], args.max_tokens)97 q4_out.append(toks); q4_times.append((len(toks), dt))98 print(f" {k+1}/{len(prompts)} ({len(toks)} tok, {len(toks)/dt:.1f} tok/s)", flush=True)99100 outputs = {"pure_q4": q4_out}101 runs = []102 for mode in args.modes.split(","):103 for tau in ([float(x) for x in args.taus.split(",")] if mode == "margin" else [2.0]):104 print(f"runtime: mode={mode} tau={tau} W={args.window} …", flush=True)105 outs, agg = [], {"tokens": 0, "deferred": 0, "sweeps": 0, "rollbacks": 0,106 "sweep_s": 0.0, "gen_s": 0.0, "logical_bytes": 0, "io_s": []}107 for k, p in enumerate(prompts):108 toks, st = generate_deferred(109 base_model, verifier, tokenizer, p["ids"],110 args.max_tokens, tau, args.window, mode, q8_bytes)111 outs.append(toks)112 agg["tokens"] += st.tokens_out; agg["deferred"] += st.deferred113 agg["sweeps"] += st.sweeps; agg["rollbacks"] += st.rollbacks114 agg["sweep_s"] += st.sweep_time_s; agg["gen_s"] += st.gen_time_s115 agg["logical_bytes"] += st.sweep_logical_bytes116 print(f" {k+1}/{len(prompts)} ({st.tokens_out} tok, {st.sweeps} sweeps, "117 f"{st.rollbacks} rollbacks, last sweep io {verifier.last_sweep_io_s:.1f}s)",118 flush=True)119 n = max(agg["tokens"], 1)120 runs.append({121 "mode": mode, "tau": tau, "window": args.window,122 "tokens_per_s": n / (agg["gen_s"] + agg["sweep_s"]),123 "deferral_rate": agg["deferred"] / n,124 "rollback_rate": agg["rollbacks"] / n,125 "sweep_latency_s_mean": agg["sweep_s"] / max(agg["sweeps"], 1),126 "logical_verify_bytes_per_token": agg["logical_bytes"] / n,127 "raw": {k: v for k, v in agg.items() if k != "io_s"},128 })129 outputs[f"{mode}_tau{tau}"] = outs130 r = runs[-1]131 print(f" tok/s={r['tokens_per_s']:.2f} sweepLat={r['sweep_latency_s_mean']:.1f}s "132 f"GB/token(logical)={r['logical_verify_bytes_per_token']/1e9:.2f}", flush=True)133134 print("freeing 32B models; loading 8B bf16 judge …", flush=True)135 del base_model, verifier136 gc.collect(); mx.clear_cache()137 judge, _ = load(JUDGE_REPO)138 quality = {}139 for name, outs in outputs.items():140 vals = []141 for p, toks in zip(prompts, outs):142 if len(toks) < 2:143 continue144 full = p["ids"] + list(toks)145 logits = judge(mx.array(full)[None])[0]146 sel = logits[len(p["ids"]) - 1 : len(full) - 1].astype(mx.float32)147 lp = sel - mx.logsumexp(sel, axis=-1, keepdims=True)148 tok_lp = mx.take_along_axis(lp, mx.array(toks)[:, None], axis=-1)149 mx.eval(tok_lp)150 vals.append(float(mx.mean(tok_lp).item()))151 quality[name] = {"mean_logprob_8b_judge": sum(vals) / len(vals), "n": len(vals)}152 print(f" {name:>18}: {quality[name]['mean_logprob_8b_judge']:.4f}", flush=True)153154 ts = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")155 out_dir = REPO_ROOT / "results" / "candidate_01_scale32b" / ts156 out_dir.mkdir(parents=True)157 (out_dir / "results.json").write_text(json.dumps({158 "experiment": "candidate_01_scale32b",159 "author": "Simon-Pierre Boucher",160 "contact": "contact@spboucher.ai",161 "manifest": collect_manifest(),162 "config": vars(args),163 "models": {"base": Q4_REPO, "verify": Q8_REPO, "judge": JUDGE_REPO},164 "q8_streamed_bytes": q8_bytes,165 "baseline_pure_q4_tokens_per_s":166 sum(t for t, _ in q4_times) / max(sum(d for _, d in q4_times), 1e-9),167 "runs": runs,168 "quality_8b_judge": quality,169 }, indent=2))170 print(f"\nwrote {out_dir / 'results.json'}")171172173if __name__ == "__main__":174 main()175