Quantization

SGLang-Diffusion supports quantized transformer checkpoints. In most cases, keep the base model and the quantized transformer override separate.

Quick Reference

Use these paths:

• --model-path: the base or original model
• --transformer-path: a quantized transformers-style transformer component directory that already contains its own config.json
• --transformer-weights-path: quantized transformer weights provided as a single safetensors file, a sharded safetensors directory, a local path, or a Hugging Face repo ID

Recommended example:

sglang generate \
  --model-path black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev \
  --transformer-weights-path black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev-NVFP4 \
  --prompt "a curious pikachu"

For quantized transformers-style transformer component folders:

sglang generate \
  --model-path /path/to/base-model \
  --transformer-path /path/to/quantized-transformer \
  --prompt "A Logo With Bold Large Text: SGL Diffusion"

NOTE: Some model-specific integrations also accept a quantized repo or local directory directly as --model-path, but that is a compatibility path. If a repo contains multiple candidate checkpoints, pass --transformer-weights-path explicitly.

Quant Families

Here, quant_family means a checkpoint and loading family with shared CLI usage and loader behavior. It is not just the numeric precision or a kernel backend.

Validated ModelOpt Checkpoints

This section is the canonical support matrix for the six diffusion ModelOpt checkpoints currently wired up in SGLang docs and B200 CI coverage.

Published checkpoints keep the serialized quantization config as quant_method=modelopt; the FP8 vs NVFP4 split below is a documentation label derived from quant_algo.

Five of the six repos live under lmsys/*. The FLUX.2 NVFP4 entry keeps the official black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev-NVFP4 repo.

These six checkpoints are also the intended case set for the B200 diffusion CI job (multimodal-gen-test-1-b200).

ModelOpt FP8

Usage Examples

Converted ModelOpt FP8 checkpoints should be loaded as transformer component overrides. If the repo or local directory already contains config.json, use --transformer-path.

sglang generate \
  --model-path black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev \
  --transformer-path lmsys/flux2-dev-modelopt-fp8-sglang-transformer \
  --prompt "A Logo With Bold Large Text: SGL Diffusion" \
  --save-output

sglang generate \
  --model-path Wan-AI/Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers \
  --transformer-path lmsys/wan22-t2v-a14b-modelopt-fp8-sglang-transformer \
  --prompt "a fox walking through neon rain" \
  --save-output

Notes

• --transformer-path is the canonical flag for converted ModelOpt FP8 transformer component repos or directories that already carry config.json.
• If the override repo or local directory contains its own config.json, SGLang reads the quantization config from that override instead of relying on the base model config.
• --transformer-weights-path still works when you intentionally point at raw weight files or a directory that should be metadata-probed as weights first.
• dit_layerwise_offload is supported for ModelOpt FP8 checkpoints.
• dit_cpu_offload still stays disabled for ModelOpt FP8 checkpoints.
• The layerwise offload path now preserves the non-contiguous FP8 weight stride expected by the runtime FP8 GEMM path.
• On disk, the quantization config stays quant_method=modelopt with quant_algo=FP8; the modelopt-fp8 label in this document is a support family name, not a serialized config key.
• To build the converted checkpoint yourself from a ModelOpt diffusers export, use python -m sglang.multimodal_gen.tools.build_modelopt_fp8_transformer.

ModelOpt NVFP4

Usage Examples

For mixed ModelOpt NVFP4 transformer overrides that already contain config.json, keep the base model and quantized transformer separate and use --transformer-path:

sglang generate \
  --model-path black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev \
  --transformer-path lmsys/flux1-dev-modelopt-nvfp4-sglang-transformer \
  --prompt "A Logo With Bold Large Text: SGL Diffusion" \
  --save-output

For raw NVFP4 exports such as the official FLUX.2 release, use --transformer-weights-path:

sglang generate \
  --model-path black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev \
  --transformer-weights-path black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev-NVFP4 \
  --prompt "A Logo With Bold Large Text: SGL Diffusion" \
  --save-output

SGLang also supports passing the NVFP4 repo or local directory directly as --model-path:

sglang generate \
  --model-path black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev-NVFP4 \
  --prompt "A Logo With Bold Large Text: SGL Diffusion" \
  --save-output

For a dual-transformer Wan2.2 export where only the primary transformer was quantized:

SGLANG_DIFFUSION_FLASHINFER_FP4_GEMM_BACKEND=cudnn \
sglang generate \
  --model-path Wan-AI/Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers \
  --transformer-path lmsys/wan22-t2v-a14b-modelopt-nvfp4-sglang-transformer \
  --prompt "a fox walking through neon rain" \
  --save-output

Notes

• Use --transformer-path for mixed ModelOpt NVFP4 transformer repos or local directories that already include config.json.
• Use --transformer-weights-path for raw NVFP4 exports, individual safetensors files, or repo layouts that should be treated as weights first.
• For dual-transformer pipelines such as Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers, the primary --transformer-path override targets only transformer. Use a per-component override such as --transformer-2-path only when you intentionally want a non-default transformer_2.
• On Blackwell, the validated Wan2.2 ModelOpt NVFP4 path currently prefers FlashInfer FP4 GEMM via SGLANG_DIFFUSION_FLASHINFER_FP4_GEMM_BACKEND=cudnn.
• This environment-variable override is a current workaround for NVFP4 cases where the default sglang JIT/CUTLASS sm100 path rejects a large-M shape at can_implement(). The intended long-term fix is to add a validated CUTLASS fallback for those shapes rather than rely on the override.
• Direct --model-path loading is a compatibility path for FLUX.2 NVFP4-style repos or local directories.
• If --transformer-weights-path is provided explicitly, it takes precedence over the compatibility --model-path flow.
• For local directories, SGLang first looks for *-mixed.safetensors, then falls back to loading from the directory.
• To force the generic diffusion ModelOpt FP4 path onto a specific FlashInfer backend, set SGLANG_DIFFUSION_FLASHINFER_FP4_GEMM_BACKEND. Supported values include flashinfer_cudnn, flashinfer_cutlass, and flashinfer_trtllm.
• On disk, the quantization config stays quant_method=modelopt with quant_algo=NVFP4; the modelopt-nvfp4 label here is again a documentation family name rather than a serialized config key.

Nunchaku (SVDQuant)

Install

Install the runtime dependency first:

pip install nunchaku

For platform-specific installation methods and troubleshooting, see the Nunchaku installation guide.

File Naming and Auto-Detection

For Nunchaku checkpoints, --model-path should still point to the original base model, while --transformer-weights-path points to the quantized transformer weights.

If the basename of --transformer-weights-path contains the pattern svdq-(int4|fp4)_r{rank}, SGLang will automatically:

• enable SVDQuant
• infer --quantization-precision
• infer --quantization-rank

Examples:

Common filenames:

If your checkpoint name does not follow this convention, pass --enable-svdquant, --quantization-precision, and --quantization-rank explicitly.

Usage Examples

Recommended auto-detected flow:

sglang generate \
  --model-path Qwen/Qwen-Image \
  --transformer-weights-path /path/to/svdq-int4_r32-qwen-image.safetensors \
  --prompt "a beautiful sunset" \
  --save-output

Manual override when the filename does not encode the quant settings:

sglang generate \
  --model-path Qwen/Qwen-Image \
  --transformer-weights-path /path/to/custom_nunchaku_checkpoint.safetensors \
  --enable-svdquant \
  --quantization-precision int4 \
  --quantization-rank 128 \
  --prompt "a beautiful sunset" \
  --save-output

Notes

• --transformer-weights-path is the canonical flag for Nunchaku checkpoints. Older config names such as quantized_model_path are treated as compatibility aliases.
• Auto-detection only happens when the checkpoint basename matches svdq-(int4|fp4)_r{rank}.
• The CLI values are int4 and nvfp4. In filenames, the NVFP4 variant is written as fp4.
• Lightning checkpoints usually expect matching --num-inference-steps, such as 4 or 8.
• Current runtime validation only allows Nunchaku on NVIDIA CUDA Ampere (SM8x) or SM12x GPUs. Hopper (SM90) is currently rejected.

ModelSlim

MindStudio-ModelSlim (msModelSlim) is a model offline quantization compression tool launched by MindStudio and optimized for Ascend hardware.

• Installation

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  # Clone repo and install msmodelslim:
  git clone https://gitcode.com/Ascend/msmodelslim.git
  cd msmodelslim
  bash install.sh
  

• Multimodal_sd quantization

  Download the original floating-point weights of the large model. Taking Wan2.2-T2V-A14B as an example, you can go to Wan2.2-T2V-A14B to obtain the original model weights. Then install other dependencies (related to the model, refer to the modelscope model card).

  Note: You can find pre-quantized validated models on modelscope/Eco-Tech.

  Run quantization using one-click quantization (recommended):

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  msmodelslim quant \
    --model_path /path/to/wan2_2_float_weights \
    --save_path /path/to/wan2_2_quantized_weights \
    --device npu \
    --model_type Wan2_2 \
    --quant_type w8a8 \
    --trust_remote_code True
  

  For more detailed examples of quantization of models, as well as information about their support, see the examples section in ModelSLim repo.

  Note: SGLang does not support quantized embeddings, please disable this option when quantizing using msmodelslim.

• Auto-Detection and different formats

  For msmodelslim checkpoints, it's enough to specify only --model-path, the detection of quantization occurs automatically for each layer using parsing of quant_model_description.json config.

  In the case of Wan2.2 only Diffusers weights storage format are supported, whereas modelslim saves the quantized model in the original Wan2.2 format, for conversion in use python/sglang/multimodal_gen/tools/wan_repack.py script:

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  python wan_repack.py \
    --input-path {path_to_quantized_model} \
    --output-path {path_to_converted_model}
  

  After that, please copy all files from original Diffusers checkpoint (instead of transformer/tranfsormer_2 folders)

• Usage Example

  With auto-detected flow:

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  sglang generate \
    --model-path Eco-Tech/Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers-w8a8 \
    --prompt "a beautiful sunset" \
    --save-output
  

• Available Quantization Methods:

  • W4A4_DYNAMIC linear with online quantization of activations
  • W8A8 linear with offline quantization of activations
  • W8A8_DYNAMIC linear with online quantization of activations
  • mxfp8 linear in progress