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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Quantize Ornith-1.0-35B to 4-bit NF4 (recommended method for 2x RTX 5090)"""
+
+from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, BitsAndBytesConfig, AutoConfig
+import torch
+import os
+
+def quantize_model():
+    model_path = "/data/models/Ornith-1.0-35B"
+    output_path = "/data/models/Ornith-1.0-35B-4bit-nf4"
+
+    print(f"Quantizing model: {model_path}")
+    print("Using 4-bit NF4 with double quantization + aggressive offloading...\n")
+
+    bnb_config = BitsAndBytesConfig(
+        load_in_4bit=True,
+        bnb_4bit_quant_type="nf4",
+        bnb_4bit_compute_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
+        bnb_4bit_use_double_quant=True,
+    )
+
+    model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
+        model_path,
+        quantization_config=bnb_config,
+        device_map="auto",
+        max_memory={
+            0: "26GiB",       # Good balance for 5090 (leaves headroom)
+            1: "26GiB",
+            "cpu": "150GiB",  # Heavy CPU offloading during quantization
+        },
+        low_cpu_mem_usage=True,
+        torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
+        trust_remote_code=True,
+    )
+
+    print(f"\nSaving quantized model to: {output_path}")
+    os.makedirs(output_path, exist_ok=True)
+    model.save_pretrained(output_path)
+
+    # Also save the config explicitly
+    config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_path, trust_remote_code=True)
+    config.save_pretrained(output_path)
+
+    print(f"\n✅ Quantization complete!")
+    print(f"   Model saved to: {output_path}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    quantize_model()