unsloth/studio
Daniel Han 77e1a9edc9
feat(studio): architecture-aware KV cache VRAM estimation (#4757)
* feat(studio): architecture-aware KV cache VRAM estimation

Replace the single legacy formula (2 * n_kv_heads * head_dim * n_layers
* n_ctx * bpe) with 5-path estimation that reads 8 additional GGUF
metadata fields:

  1. MLA (DeepSeek-V2/V3, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, Kimi-K2.5) -- K-only cache
     using compressed KV latent + RoPE; no separate V allocation
  2. Hybrid Mamba (Qwen3.5-27B, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B) -- only attention
     layers (1 in N) carry KV; Mamba layers have none
  3. Sliding Window (Gemma-3, gpt-oss) -- SWA layers cache
     min(ctx, window) tokens instead of the full context
  4. Standard GQA -- uses explicit key_length/value_length from GGUF
     instead of embed // n_heads (which is wrong for many models)
  5. Legacy fallback -- identical to old formula for old GGUFs

New GGUF fields parsed: attention.key_length, attention.value_length,
attention.sliding_window, full_attention_interval,
attention.kv_lora_rank, attention.key_length_mla, ssm.inner_size,
ssm.state_size.

Validated against 9 real GGUF files (72/72 field checks pass).
The legacy formula was off by +682% for Gemma-3 and -81% for
DeepSeek-V3.1.

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* Fix MLA fallback and SWA global/local ratio heuristic

Two fixes based on review findings:

1. MLA fallback now uses key_length_mla from GGUF metadata instead of
   hardcoded rope_dim=64. Falls back to 64 only when key_length_mla is
   absent. This ensures correct estimates for MLA variants that use
   rope dimensions other than 64.

2. SWA global/local layer ratio changed from 50/50 to 1/4 (25% global,
   75% SWA). Most sliding window architectures have predominantly local
   layers (Gemma-3 uses ~17% global, gpt-oss uses ~50%). The 1/4
   heuristic is closer to the common case and still a large improvement
   over the legacy formula which ignores SWA entirely.

* Tighten _can_estimate_kv gate and treat sliding_window=0 as disabled

Two additional fixes from review round 1 (5/8 and 4/8 reviewer consensus):

1. _can_estimate_kv now requires BOTH key_length AND value_length for
   the explicit-dims path. Previously key_length alone was enough,
   which could cause silent fallthrough to the legacy formula with
   fabricated defaults (n_kv=1, head_dim=128) when value_length was
   absent from the GGUF.

2. SWA path now requires sliding_window > 0. Some GGUFs use 0 as a
   disabled sentinel. Without this guard, min(ctx, 0) would zero out
   all SWA layer contributions, severely underestimating KV cache.

* Fix MLA n_kv safety and use ceiling division for hybrid path

Addresses Gemini Code Assist review findings:

1. MLA path now uses n_kv_mla = n_kv_heads or 1 (not n_heads). This
   prevents a 128x overestimate for DeepSeek-V3 if head_count_kv is
   absent from the GGUF (n_heads=128 would have been used instead).

2. Hybrid path now uses ceiling division for attention layer count.
   This prevents undercounting by 1 when n_layers is not perfectly
   divisible by full_attention_interval.

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2026-04-01 06:04:12 -07:00
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backend feat(studio): architecture-aware KV cache VRAM estimation (#4757) 2026-04-01 06:04:12 -07:00
frontend feat(studio): strip org prefix in model search to surface unsloth variants (#4749) 2026-04-01 04:37:28 -07:00
__init__.py Final cleanup 2026-03-12 18:28:04 +00:00
install_llama_prebuilt.py fix(studio): source-build fallback prefers Unsloth's tested tag over upstream latest (#4593) 2026-03-25 07:25:47 -07:00
install_python_stack.py studio: unify Windows installer/setup logging style, verbosity controls, and startup messaging (#4651) 2026-03-30 00:53:23 -07:00
LICENSE.AGPL-3.0 Add AGPL-3.0 license to studio folder 2026-03-09 19:36:25 +00:00
setup.bat Final cleanup 2026-03-12 18:28:04 +00:00
setup.ps1 studio: Polish Windows installer/setup logs (#4736) 2026-03-31 23:12:42 -07:00
setup.sh Fix/bun windows bin detection (#4703) 2026-03-30 21:58:33 +04:00
Unsloth_Studio_Colab.ipynb Allow install_python_stack to run on Colab (#4633) 2026-03-27 00:29:27 +04:00