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 3. The AWQ repack of the 50 modulation layers re-derives scales; groups
    GPTQ pushed to -8 take one extra bounded rounding.
 
+## Independently verified (cold download)
+
+Reproduced on a **separate, fresh A100 80GB** by downloading only this
+repo's files plus the base model — the exact user path:
+
+| | BF16 (offloaded) | this release (resident) |
+|---|---|---|
+| generation | 496.7 s | **350.9 s (1.42x)** |
+| peak VRAM | 65.2 GB | 54.6 GB (49.2 steady) |
+
+Raw log: `verified.json` in this repo. First-build A100 measured 1.52x;
+host-to-host variance puts the honest claim at **1.4-1.5x**.
+
 ## Credits and license
 
 Weights derive from [MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3)