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QDLoRA: Enhanced LoRA Fine-Tuning on Quantized LLMs via Integrated Low-Rank Decomposition

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

We propose QDLoRA, a parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) framework that integrates low-rank decomposition and quantization into the LoRA fine-tuning process for pretrained large language models (LLMs). Unlike prior methods such as LoftQ and ApiQ that rely solely on quantization and suffer performance degradation under extreme compression, QDLoRA preserves more informative structure at the same compression ratio, thereby improving fine-tuning results. To further enhance robustness, QDLoRA introduces a similarity-aware rank selection strategy and a quantization-aware initialization scheme. Experimental results on various model architectures across diverse NLP benchmarks demonstrate that QDLoRA achieves superior accuracy and efficiency compared to existing methods, particularly under limited resource budgets. The proposed method offers a practical and scalable solution for efficient fine-tuning of large language models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Parallel Processing Technologies - 16th International Symposium, APPT 2025, Proceedings
EditorsChao Li, Xuehai Qian, Dimitris Gizopoulos, Boris Grot
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages432-437
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9789819510207
DOIs
StatePublished - 2026
Event16th International Symposium on Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies, APPT 2025 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 13 Jul 202516 Jul 2025

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume16062 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference16th International Symposium on Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies, APPT 2025
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period13/07/2516/07/25

Keywords

  • Model Low-rank Decomposition
  • Model Quantization
  • PEFT

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