MiniMax M2.1 Quantization Performance: Q6 vs. Q8
Analysis
Key Takeaways
- •Q6 quantization of MiniMax M2.1 showed significant performance issues in a coding task.
- •The model exhibited flawed reasoning and struggled with a simple function.
- •The model engaged in extensive, unproductive 'thinking' cycles, indicating potential limitations of the quantization.
- •The user's experience highlights the importance of evaluating quantized models thoroughly.
“The model struggled to write unit tests for a simple function called interval2short() that just formats a time interval as a short, approximate string... It really struggled to identify that the output is "2h 0m" instead of "2h." ... It then went on a multi-thousand-token thinking bender before deciding that it was very important to document that interval2short() always returns two components.”