> Further details on GPT-4's size and architecture have been leaked. The system is said to be based on eight models with 220 billion parameters each, for a total of about 1.76 trillion parameters, connected by a Mixture of Experts (MoE).
For a 7B parameter model using 4-8GB: Average = (4+8)/2 = 6GB Memory usage per parameter = 6/7 = ~0.857GB/B
For a 13B parameter model using 8-15GB: Average = (8+15)/2 = 11.5GB Memory usage per parameter = 11.5/13 = ~0.885GB/B
For a 30B parameter model using 13-33GB: Average = (13+33)/2 = 23GB Memory usage per parameter = 23/30 = ~0.767GB/B
For a 70B parameter model using 31-75GB: Average = (31+75)/2 = 53GB Memory usage per parameter = 53/70 = ~0.757GB/B
The average of these values is: (0.857 + 0.885 + 0.767 + 0.757)/4 = ~0.817 GB/B
Estimated memory usage = 220 * 0.817 = ~179.74GB