fix: load faster, make quantization better

model2vec/model.py

@@ -566,6 +566,11 @@ def _loading_helper(
         language=metadata.get("language"),
     )
 
+    # If no quantization or dimensionality reduction is requested,
+    # return the model as is.
+    if not any([vocabulary_quantization, quantize_to, dimensionality]):
+        return model
+
     return quantize_model(
         model=model,
         vocabulary_quantization=vocabulary_quantization,

model2vec/quantization.py

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ class DType(str, Enum):
     Int8 = "int8"
 
 
+dtype_map = {
+    DType.Float16: np.float16,
+    DType.Float32: np.float32,
+    DType.Float64: np.float64,
+    DType.Int8: np.int8,
+}
+
+
 def quantize_embeddings(embeddings: np.ndarray, quantize_to: DType) -> np.ndarray:
     """
     Quantize embeddings to a specified data type to reduce memory usage.
@@ -24,17 +32,28 @@ def quantize_embeddings(embeddings: np.ndarray, quantize_to: DType) -> np.ndarra
     :return: The quantized embeddings.
     :raises ValueError: If the quantization type is not valid.
     """
-    if quantize_to == DType.Float16:
-        return embeddings.astype(np.float16)
-    elif quantize_to == DType.Float32:
-        return embeddings.astype(np.float32)
-    elif quantize_to == DType.Float64:
-        return embeddings.astype(np.float64)
+    mapped_dtype = dtype_map[quantize_to]
+    if embeddings.dtype == mapped_dtype:
+        # Don't do anything if they match
+        return embeddings
+
+    # Handle float types
+    if quantize_to in {DType.Float16, DType.Float32, DType.Float64}:
+        return embeddings.astype(mapped_dtype)
     elif quantize_to == DType.Int8:
         # Normalize to [-128, 127] range for int8
         # We normalize to -127 to 127 to keep symmetry.
         scale = np.max(np.abs(embeddings)) / 127.0
-        quantized = np.round(embeddings / scale).astype(np.int8)
+        # Turn into float16 to minimize memory usage during computation
+        # we copy once.
+        buf = embeddings.astype(np.float16, copy=True)
+        # Divide by the scale
+        np.divide(buf, scale, out=buf)
+        # Round to int, copy to the buffer
+        np.rint(buf, out=buf)
+        # Clip to int8 range and convert to int8
+        np.clip(buf, -127, 127, out=buf)
+        quantized = buf.astype(np.int8)
         return quantized
     else:
         raise ValueError("Not a valid enum member of DType.")

tests/test_model.py

@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ def test_load_pretrained_quantized(
     assert loaded_model.embedding.dtype == np.float32
     assert loaded_model.embedding.shape == mock_vectors.shape
 
+    # Load the model back from the same path
+    loaded_model = StaticModel.from_pretrained(save_path, quantize_to="float64")
+    # Assert that the loaded model has the same properties as the original one
+    assert loaded_model.embedding.dtype == np.float64
+    # Should not copy if same as original.
+    assert loaded_model.embedding is loaded_model.embedding
+
 
 def test_load_pretrained_dim(
     tmp_path: Path, mock_vectors: np.ndarray, mock_tokenizer: Tokenizer, mock_config: dict[str, str]