LoRA Land: 310 Fine-tuned LLMs that Rival GPT-4, A Technical Report

LoRA Land: 310 Fine-tuned LLMs that Rival GPT-4, A Technical Report

29 Apr 2024 | Justin Zhao, Timothy Wang, Wael Abid, Geoffrey Angus, Arnav Garg, Jeffery Kinnison, Alex Sherstinsky, Piero Molino, Travis Addair, Devvret Rishi
This technical report evaluates the effectiveness of Low Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs) and demonstrates the practicality of deploying multiple LoRA fine-tuned models in real-world applications. The study assesses 310 LLMs fine-tuned with LoRA across 10 base models and 31 tasks, finding that 4-bit LoRA fine-tuned models outperform base models by 34 points and GPT-4 by 10 points on average. The results show that LoRA fine-tuned models can rival GPT-4 in performance, with Mistral-7B and Zephyr-7B models performing best after fine-tuning. The study also investigates the effectiveness of different base models for fine-tuning and the impact of task complexity on fine-tuning outcomes. It evaluates the latency and concurrency capabilities of LoRAX, an open-source inference server that allows multiple LoRA fine-tuned models to be deployed on a single GPU. The study concludes that LoRA fine-tuning is a cost-effective and efficient method for improving LLM performance, and that deploying multiple specialized LLMs can be more effective than a single general-purpose LLM. The findings highlight the potential of LoRA for parameter-efficient fine-tuning and the practical benefits of deploying multiple LoRA models in production environments.This technical report evaluates the effectiveness of Low Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs) and demonstrates the practicality of deploying multiple LoRA fine-tuned models in real-world applications. The study assesses 310 LLMs fine-tuned with LoRA across 10 base models and 31 tasks, finding that 4-bit LoRA fine-tuned models outperform base models by 34 points and GPT-4 by 10 points on average. The results show that LoRA fine-tuned models can rival GPT-4 in performance, with Mistral-7B and Zephyr-7B models performing best after fine-tuning. The study also investigates the effectiveness of different base models for fine-tuning and the impact of task complexity on fine-tuning outcomes. It evaluates the latency and concurrency capabilities of LoRAX, an open-source inference server that allows multiple LoRA fine-tuned models to be deployed on a single GPU. The study concludes that LoRA fine-tuning is a cost-effective and efficient method for improving LLM performance, and that deploying multiple specialized LLMs can be more effective than a single general-purpose LLM. The findings highlight the potential of LoRA for parameter-efficient fine-tuning and the practical benefits of deploying multiple LoRA models in production environments.
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