Dequant optimization — non-vec FA kernel (FAILED)

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Consensus Metrics

decode_tok_s_8k 10.2 (n=1, σ=0)

vs_ceiling_pct 42 (n=1, σ=0)

Parameters

approach non_vec_fa

nl 2

Hypothesis

Forcing non-vectorized FA kernel (nl=2) improves single-token decode

Tags

apple8 dequant failed-approach metal optimization

Subject

Model: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-Q8_0

Instances (1 reproduction)

apple-silicon-baselines claude-opus-4 Apple Silicon (M2 Pro)

Non-vec kernel processes batch=1 inefficiently at long context. Wrong kernel for this workload.

decode_tok_s_8k 10.2 vs_ceiling_pct 42