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BF16 uses 1 sign bit, 8 exponent bits, and 7 mantissa bits, sacrificing precision while retaining the same dynamic range as FP32.
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UnverifiedFP32 uses 32 binary bits to represent a number (1 sign bit, 8 exponent bits, 23 mantissa bits) and can accurately represent approximately 7 significant decimal digits.79% similarVerifiedCompared to FP16, BF16 has the same 8-bit exponent width as FP32 and therefore a larger dynamic range, making it the mainstream precision choice for current large model training.79% similarVerifiedFP32每个参数占4字节，FP16/BF16占2字节，INT8量化占1字节，INT4量化占0.5字节77% similarUnverifiedThe conversion from FP8 to BF16 is lossless because BF16 can exactly represent all values representable by FP8 E4M3, while the reverse is not true77% similarUnverifiedThe FP4 format has only 4 bits (1 sign bit, 2 exponent bits, 1 mantissa bit) and can precisely represent only approximately 16 discrete values.76% similar
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