"""Bounded CPU tensor slices and arithmetic probes; not an inference benchmark. Uses safetensors' slice contract; never loads a complete checkpoint or engine. """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import gc import json import math from pathlib import Path import time import mlx.core as mx import numpy as np import torch from safetensors import safe_open ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent mx.set_default_device(mx.cpu) torch.set_num_threads(2) def rows(root, name, start, end, *, max_bytes=32 * 1024 * 1024): if mx.default_device() != mx.cpu: raise ValueError('Bounded checkpoint probes require CPU device') root = Path(root).resolve() mapping = json.loads((root / 'model.safetensors.index.json').read_text())['weight_map'] if name not in mapping: raise ValueError('Missing checkpoint tensor: ' + name) filename = mapping[name] if Path(filename).name != filename: raise ValueError('Unsafe checkpoint shard path') path = (root / filename).resolve() if path.parent != root: raise ValueError('Checkpoint shard path escapes root') with safe_open(path, framework='pt', device='cpu') as handle: if name not in handle.keys(): raise ValueError('Index points at missing tensor: ' + name) tensor = handle.get_slice(name) shape = tensor.get_shape() if not shape or not (0 <= start < end <= shape[0]): raise ValueError('Invalid checkpoint row bounds') # Conservative worst-case dtype width; guard before materialization. if (end - start) * math.prod(shape[1:]) * 8 > max_bytes: raise ValueError('Checkpoint slice exceeds memory bound') value = tensor[start:end] if value.dtype == torch.bfloat16: return mx.array(value.view(torch.uint16).numpy()).view(mx.bfloat16) return mx.array(value.numpy()) def all_small(root, name): mapping = json.loads((Path(root) / 'model.safetensors.index.json').read_text())['weight_map'] with safe_open(Path(root) / mapping[name], framework='pt', device='cpu') as handle: count = handle.get_slice(name).get_shape()[0] return rows(root, name, 0, count) def probes(output): started = time.monotonic() target, source = ROOT / 'target-affine4-g64', ROOT / 'source/BF16' from mlx_vlm.models.qwen3_vl.vision import PatchEmbed records = [] # Projection arithmetic is checked against an independent torch matmul of # explicitly dequantized weights; this does not test end-to-end model quality. for name, count in [ ('language_model.model.layers.0.linear_attn.in_proj_a.weight', 48), ('language_model.model.layers.0.mlp.up_proj.weight', 8), ('language_model.model.layers.31.self_attn.q_proj.weight', 8), ('language_model.lm_head.weight', 8), ]: prefix = name.removesuffix('.weight') q = rows(target, name, 0, count) scale = rows(target, prefix + '.scales', 0, count) bias = rows(target, prefix + '.biases', 0, count) width = q.shape[1] * 8 x = (mx.arange(2 * width).reshape(2, width).astype(mx.float32) % 19 - 9) / 32 x = x.astype(mx.bfloat16) # CPU BF16 quantized_matmul can accumulate/round differently from a # float32 dequantized matmul. Keep that observation, but isolate packed # layout correctness with matched float32 arithmetic, not a looser gate. bf16_result = mx.quantized_matmul(x, q, scale, bias, transpose=True, group_size=64, bits=4) xf, sf, bf = x.astype(mx.float32), scale.astype(mx.float32), bias.astype(mx.float32) actual = mx.quantized_matmul(xf, q, sf, bf, transpose=True, group_size=64, bits=4) dense = mx.dequantize(q, sf, bf, group_size=64, bits=4) mx.eval(actual, dense, xf, bf16_result) ref = torch.from_numpy(np.asarray(xf)) @ torch.from_numpy(np.asarray(dense)).T want = mx.array(ref.numpy()) error = float(mx.max(mx.abs(actual - want))) denominator = max(float(mx.max(mx.abs(want))), 1e-6) bf16_error = float(mx.max(mx.abs(bf16_result.astype(mx.float32) - want))) finite = bool(mx.all(mx.isfinite(actual))) if not finite or error > 1e-4 * max(1., denominator): raise ValueError('CPU float32 packed projection parity failed: ' + name) records.append({'probe': 'quantized_projection', 'tensor': name, 'rows': count, 'output_shape': list(actual.shape), 'finite': finite, 'layout_parity_arithmetic_dtype': 'float32', 'max_abs_error': error, 'max_abs_error_over_peak': error / denominator, 'cpu_bf16_vs_float32_max_abs_error': bf16_error, 'cpu_bf16_vs_float32_error_over_peak': bf16_error / denominator, 'bf16_cpu_inference_parity_claimed': False}) del q, scale, bias, x, actual, dense, ref, want, xf, sf, bf, bf16_result gc.collect() # True source Conv3d vs native MLX PatchEmbed, with just 8 output channels. config = json.loads((target / 'config.json').read_text())['vision_config'] original = rows(source, 'model.visual.patch_embed.proj.weight', 0, 8).astype(mx.float32) converted = rows(target, 'vision_tower.patch_embed.proj.weight', 0, 8).astype(mx.float32) bias = rows(target, 'vision_tower.patch_embed.proj.bias', 0, 8).astype(mx.float32) patch = PatchEmbed(patch_size=config['patch_size'], temporal_patch_size=config['temporal_patch_size'], in_channels=config['in_channels'], hidden_size=8) patch.load_weights([('proj.weight', converted), ('proj.bias', bias)], strict=True) pixels = mx.arange(3 * 2 * 16 * 16).astype(mx.float32).reshape(1, -1) / 4096 actual = patch(pixels) ref = torch.nn.functional.conv3d(torch.from_numpy(np.asarray(pixels).reshape(1, 3, 2, 16, 16)), torch.from_numpy(np.asarray(original)), torch.from_numpy(np.asarray(bias)), stride=(2, 16, 16)).reshape(1, 8) mx.eval(actual) error = float(mx.max(mx.abs(actual - mx.array(ref.numpy())))) if error > .001 or not bool(mx.all(mx.isfinite(actual))): raise ValueError('Source/native vision patch arithmetic mismatch') records.append({'probe': 'vision_patch_embed', 'output_channels': 8, 'native_module': 'mlx_vlm.models.qwen3_vl.vision.PatchEmbed', 'comparison': 'original-source torch Conv3d CPU', 'max_abs_error': error}) norm = all_small(target, 'language_model.model.layers.0.input_layernorm.weight').astype(mx.float32) x = (mx.arange(norm.size).astype(mx.float32) % 17 - 8).reshape(1, -1) / 16 actual = mx.fast.rms_norm(x, norm, 1e-6) refx = torch.from_numpy(np.asarray(x)) ref = refx * torch.rsqrt(refx.square().mean(dim=-1, keepdim=True) + 1e-6) * torch.from_numpy(np.asarray(norm)) mx.eval(actual) error = float(mx.max(mx.abs(actual - mx.array(ref.numpy())))) if error > .0001: raise ValueError('CPU norm arithmetic mismatch') records.append({'probe': 'rmsnorm', 'max_abs_error': error}) result = {'device': 'cpu', 'scope': 'bounded projection, vision patch and norm arithmetic only', 'full_model_loaded': False, 'model_forward_or_answer': False, 'inference_speed_measured': False, 'all_passed': True, 'elapsed_s': time.monotonic() - started, 'probes': records} output.write_text(json.dumps(result, indent=2) + '\n') return result if __name__ == '__main__': parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('--output', type=Path, required=True) args = parser.parse_args() print(json.dumps(probes(args.output), indent=2))