Quantization publisher
DavCd
DavCd publishes 4 quantizations across 1 models in our index, averaging 6.386 effective bits per weight. Their files differ in size from other publishers' builds of the same nominal quantization on 3 of the pairs we can compare — the same label does not mean the same file.
From the file· summed file bytes
Repositories
1
Quantizations
4
Models covered
1
Avg effective bpw
6.386
across their files
Same model, same quant label, different bytes
largest disagreements first
| Model | Quant | DavCd | vs | Theirs | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-heretic-ara-v2 | Q4_K_M | 16.51 GiB | mradermacher | 15.64 GiB | +5.5% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-heretic-ara-v2 | Q5_K_M | 18.52 GiB | mradermacher | 17.82 GiB | +3.9% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-heretic-ara-v2 | Q6_K | 21.58 GiB | mradermacher | 21.08 GiB | +2.4% |
A quantization label describes a target, not a recipe. Publishers make different choices about which tensors to keep at higher precision, and some apply an importance matrix while others don't — so two files both honestly labelled the same thing can differ measurably in size and in quality.
Models they publish
| Model | Quantizations | Smallest |
|---|---|---|
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-heretic-ara-v2 | 4 | 16.51 GiB |