# GLM-5.2 NF3-Hybrid — 🏎️ FAST LANE (DCP1, 200K max-len) # 4× DGX Spark (GB10, aarch64/sm_121a), TP=4, DCP=1. # # Model: madeby561/GLM-5.2-MXFP8-NVFP4-NF3-Hybrid # → https://huggingface.co/madeby561/GLM-5.2-MXFP8-NVFP4-NF3-Hybrid # # Unpruned GLM-5.2 (753B/40B MoE, all 256 experts) in 3-format hybrid quant: # 327GB — top-64 experts/layer in NVFP4, remaining 192 in NF3 (3-bit), # non-expert layers in MXFP8. # # EXPERIMENT: Using aidendle94/sparkrun-vllm-ds4-gb10:production-hybrid-1.6 # instead of locally-built vllm-nf3-hybrid:probe. Pre-built on Docker Hub. # NOTE: production-hybrid-1.6 lacks NF3 hybrid overlay files # (hybrid_loader.py, nf3_kernel.py, nvfp4_kernel.py, mxfp8_tier.json). # If it fails, revert to vllm-nf3-hybrid:probe. # # DCP1 lane: each sequence's KV cache lives entirely on one node → zero # cross-node attention traffic per decode step. ~1/4 the KV pool of DCP4. # Best for interactive chat, agents, throughput-sensitive workloads. # # Performance (measured 2026-07-07, 512-tok gens, temp 0, MTP acceptance 3.3–4.0): # c1: 24–29 tok/s (content-dependent, peaks to 29.1 @ accept 4.02) # c2: 36.6 | c3: 45.7 | c4: 54.2 | c5: 59.2 | c6: 67.4 # KV pool: 219,264 tokens | max-model-len: 200,000 # # TUNING NOTES: # - gpu-memory-utilization 0.88 (GB10 unified memory; author's 0.96 is # dedicated-VRAM territory; 0.88 = safe for 200K + 12e9 KV allocation) # - kv-cache-memory-bytes 12e9 per node caps KV pool at 219K tokens # - max-num-batched-tokens ≥2048 or NF3 graph capture breaks # - max-cudagraph-capture-size must cover seqs×(1+k) = 6×5 = 30 # - FAST lane uses MTP k=4, NO fuse_allreduce_rms (no benefit without # DCP network tax) # - k is lane-specific: FAST runs k=4, no fuse # # PREREQUISITES: # - Weights cached on every node: # huggingface-cli download madeby561/GLM-5.2-MXFP8-NVFP4-NF3-Hybrid # (327GB, 334GB on disk, 96 safetensors shards) engine = "vllm" name = "GLM-5.2 NF3-Hybrid FAST LANE (vLLM)" docker_image = "aidendle94/sparkrun-vllm-ds4-gb10:production-hybrid-1.6" model = "madeby561/GLM-5.2-MXFP8-NVFP4-NF3-Hybrid" parent_model = "zai-org/GLM-5.2" required_nodes = 4 tensor_parallel_size = 4 pipeline_parallel_size = 1 distributed_backend = "mp" shm_size = "64gb" # docker_image_dir = "glm52-nf3-hybrid" # removed for experiment entrypoint = ["vllm", "serve"] args = [ # Quantization & KV cache "--quantization", "modelopt_fp4", "--kv-cache-dtype", "fp8", "--load-format", "fastsafetensors", # Context length (200K max-len, 219K KV pool) "--max-model-len", "200000", # Batch & memory — FAST lane: 6 concurrent, 12e9 KV bytes "--max-num-seqs", "6", "--max-num-batched-tokens", "4096", "--max-cudagraph-capture-size", "32", "--gpu-memory-utilization", "0.88", "--kv-cache-memory-bytes", "12000000000", # Engine backends "--attention-backend", "B12X_MLA_SPARSE", "--moe-backend", "b12x", # Scheduling "--async-scheduling", "--enable-chunked-prefill", "--enable-prefix-caching", # Speculative decode — FAST: MTP k=4 (accept 3.3–4.0, best aggregate) "--speculative-config", """ '{"method":"mtp","num_speculative_tokens":4,"moe_backend":"b12x","draft_sample_method":"probabilistic"}'""", # Tool calling & reasoning (verified working from first boot) "--tool-call-parser", "glm47", "--reasoning-parser", "glm45", "--enable-auto-tool-choice", # General "--trust-remote-code", "--enable-flashinfer-autotune", "--served-model-name", "glm-5.2", ] [env] # ── DCP (Decode Context Parallelism) — FAST: DCP1 ──────────────────────── # KV lives locally — zero cross-node attention traffic, ~1/4 pool of DCP4 DECODE_CONTEXT_PARALLEL_SIZE = "1" DCP_COMM_BACKEND = "ag_rs" DCP_KV_CACHE_INTERLEAVE_SIZE = "1" # ── b12x suite (required) ───────────────────────────────────────────────── VLLM_USE_V2_MODEL_RUNNER = "1" VLLM_USE_B12X_FP8_GEMM = "1" VLLM_USE_B12X_MOE = "1" VLLM_USE_B12X_SPARSE_INDEXER = "1" VLLM_DCP_GLOBAL_TOPK = "1" VLLM_DCP_SHARD_DRAFT = "1" B12X_W4A16_TC_DECODE = "1" B12X_MOE_FORCE_A16 = "1" B12X_DENSE_SPLITK_TURBO = "1" # ── Hybrid loader knobs (v2) ────────────────────────────────────────────── HYBRID_TIER = "both" HYBRID_KEPT = "b12x_nf3" HYBRID_NF3 = "b12x_nf3" HYBRID_B12X_MAX_TOKENS = "4096" HYBRID_MXFP8_NATIVE = "1" HYBRID_MXFP8_TIER_JSON = "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/mxfp8_tier.json" # ── Architecture (aarch64/sm_121a DGX Spark) ────────────────────────────── TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST = "12.1a" CUTE_DSL_ARCH = "sm_121a" FLASHINFER_CUDA_ARCH_LIST = "12.1a" # ── Offline mode (weights must be cached on each node) ──────────────────── HF_HOME = "/root/.cache/huggingface" HF_HUB_OFFLINE = "1" TRANSFORMERS_OFFLINE = "1" # ── Timeout safety net (cold boot: cudagraph + JIT) ─────────────────────── VLLM_EXECUTE_MODEL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = "3600" # ── NCCL / RoCE (cluster config ib_hca/socket_ifname used for most) ────── NCCL_CROSS_NIC = "1" NCCL_CUMEM_ENABLE = "0" NCCL_IGNORE_CPU_AFFINITY = "1" NCCL_DEBUG = "WARN" # ── Compute ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── OMP_NUM_THREADS = "4"