diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index 79dcd0772..940299025 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -202,12 +202,15 @@ function gg_sum_test_scripts_release {
 }
 
 function gg_get_model {
-    local gguf_3b="$MNT/models/open-llama/3B-v2/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
-    local gguf_7b="$MNT/models/open-llama/7B-v2/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
-    if [[ -s $gguf_3b ]]; then
-        echo -n "$gguf_3b"
-    elif [[ -s $gguf_7b ]]; then
-        echo -n "$gguf_7b"
+    local gguf_0="$MNT/models/pythia/1.4B/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
+    local gguf_1="$MNT/models/pythia/2.8B/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
+    local gguf_2="$MNT/models/open-llama/7B-v2/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
+    if [[ -s $gguf_0 ]]; then
+        echo -n "$gguf_0"
+    elif [[ -s $gguf_1 ]]; then
+        echo -n "$gguf_1"
+    elif [[ -s $gguf_2 ]]; then
+        echo -n "$gguf_2"
     else
         echo >&2 "No model found. Can't run gg_run_ctest_with_model."
         exit 1
@@ -256,139 +259,6 @@ function gg_sum_ctest_with_model_release {
     gg_printf '```\n'
 }
 
-# open_llama_3b_v2
-
-function gg_run_open_llama_3b_v2 {
-    cd ${SRC}
-
-    gg_wget models-mnt/open-llama/3B-v2/ https://huggingface.co/openlm-research/open_llama_3b_v2/raw/main/config.json
-    gg_wget models-mnt/open-llama/3B-v2/ https://huggingface.co/openlm-research/open_llama_3b_v2/resolve/main/tokenizer.model
-    gg_wget models-mnt/open-llama/3B-v2/ https://huggingface.co/openlm-research/open_llama_3b_v2/raw/main/tokenizer_config.json
-    gg_wget models-mnt/open-llama/3B-v2/ https://huggingface.co/openlm-research/open_llama_3b_v2/raw/main/special_tokens_map.json
-    gg_wget models-mnt/open-llama/3B-v2/ https://huggingface.co/openlm-research/open_llama_3b_v2/resolve/main/pytorch_model.bin
-    gg_wget models-mnt/open-llama/3B-v2/ https://huggingface.co/openlm-research/open_llama_3b_v2/raw/main/generation_config.json
-
-    gg_wget models-mnt/wikitext/ https://huggingface.co/datasets/ggml-org/ci/resolve/main/wikitext-2-raw-v1.zip
-    unzip -o models-mnt/wikitext/wikitext-2-raw-v1.zip -d models-mnt/wikitext/
-    head -n 60 models-mnt/wikitext/wikitext-2-raw/wiki.test.raw > models-mnt/wikitext/wikitext-2-raw/wiki.test-60.raw
-
-    path_models="../models-mnt/open-llama/3B-v2"
-    path_wiki="../models-mnt/wikitext/wikitext-2-raw"
-
-    rm -rf build-ci-release && mkdir build-ci-release && cd build-ci-release
-
-    set -e
-
-    (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DLLAMA_QKK_64=1 .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
-    (time make -j                                                             ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
-
-    python3 ../convert.py ${path_models}
-
-    model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
-    model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
-    model_q4_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q4_0.gguf"
-    model_q4_1="${path_models}/ggml-model-q4_1.gguf"
-    model_q5_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q5_0.gguf"
-    model_q5_1="${path_models}/ggml-model-q5_1.gguf"
-    model_q2_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q2_k.gguf"
-    model_q3_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q3_k.gguf"
-    model_q4_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q4_k.gguf"
-    model_q5_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q5_k.gguf"
-    model_q6_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q6_k.gguf"
-
-    wiki_test_60="${path_wiki}/wiki.test-60.raw"
-
-    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q8_0} q8_0
-    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q4_0} q4_0
-    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q4_1} q4_1
-    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q5_0} q5_0
-    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q5_1} q5_1
-    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q2_k} q2_k
-    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q3_k} q3_k
-    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q4_k} q4_k
-    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q5_k} q5_k
-    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q6_k} q6_k
-
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_f16}  -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q8_0} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_0} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_1} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_0} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_1} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q2_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q3_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q6_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
-
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_f16}  -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_1} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_1} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q2_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q3_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q6_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
-
-    (time ./bin/imatrix --model ${model_f16} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-imatrix.log
-
-    (time ./bin/save-load-state     --model ${model_q4_0} ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
-    (time ./bin/save-load-state -fa --model ${model_q4_0} ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
-
-    function check_ppl {
-        qnt="$1"
-        ppl=$(echo "$2" | grep -oE "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" | tail -n 1)
-
-        if [ $(echo "$ppl > 20.0" | bc) -eq 1 ]; then
-            printf '  - %s @ %s (FAIL: ppl > 20.0)\n' "$qnt" "$ppl"
-            return 20
-        fi
-
-        printf '  - %s @ %s OK\n' "$qnt" "$ppl"
-        return 0
-    }
-
-    check_ppl "f16"  "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log  | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-    check_ppl "q8_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-    check_ppl "q4_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-    check_ppl "q4_1" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-    check_ppl "q5_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-    check_ppl "q5_1" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-    check_ppl "q2_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-    check_ppl "q3_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-    check_ppl "q4_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-    check_ppl "q5_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-    check_ppl "q6_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-
-    cat $OUT/${ci}-imatrix.log | grep "Final" >> $OUT/${ci}-imatrix-sum.log
-
-    set +e
-}
-
-function gg_sum_open_llama_3b_v2 {
-    gg_printf '### %s\n\n' "${ci}"
-
-    gg_printf 'OpenLLaMA 3B-v2:\n'
-    gg_printf '- status: %s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}.exit)"
-    gg_printf '- perplexity:\n%s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log)"
-    gg_printf '- imatrix:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-imatrix-sum.log)"
-    gg_printf '- f16: \n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log)"
-    gg_printf '- q8_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log)"
-    gg_printf '- q4_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log)"
-    gg_printf '- q4_1:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log)"
-    gg_printf '- q5_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log)"
-    gg_printf '- q5_1:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log)"
-    gg_printf '- q2_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log)"
-    gg_printf '- q3_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log)"
-    gg_printf '- q4_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log)"
-    gg_printf '- q5_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log)"
-    gg_printf '- q6_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log)"
-    gg_printf '- save-load-state: \n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log)"
-}
-
 # open_llama_7b_v2
 # requires: GG_BUILD_CUDA
 
@@ -417,7 +287,7 @@ function gg_run_open_llama_7b_v2 {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DLLAMA_CUDA=1 .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j                                                           ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../convert.py ${path_models}
+    python3 ../convert.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
     model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
@@ -526,6 +396,272 @@ function gg_sum_open_llama_7b_v2 {
     gg_printf '- save-load-state: \n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log)"
 }
 
+# pythia_1.4b
+
+function gg_run_pythia_1_4b {
+    cd ${SRC}
+
+    gg_wget models-mnt/pythia/1.4B/ https://huggingface.co/EleutherAI/pythia-1.4b/raw/main/config.json
+    gg_wget models-mnt/pythia/1.4B/ https://huggingface.co/EleutherAI/pythia-1.4b/raw/main/tokenizer.json
+    gg_wget models-mnt/pythia/1.4B/ https://huggingface.co/EleutherAI/pythia-1.4b/raw/main/tokenizer_config.json
+    gg_wget models-mnt/pythia/1.4B/ https://huggingface.co/EleutherAI/pythia-1.4b/raw/main/special_tokens_map.json
+    gg_wget models-mnt/pythia/1.4B/ https://huggingface.co/EleutherAI/pythia-1.4b/resolve/main/pytorch_model.bin
+
+    gg_wget models-mnt/wikitext/ https://huggingface.co/datasets/ggml-org/ci/resolve/main/wikitext-2-raw-v1.zip
+    unzip -o models-mnt/wikitext/wikitext-2-raw-v1.zip -d models-mnt/wikitext/
+    head -n 60 models-mnt/wikitext/wikitext-2-raw/wiki.test.raw > models-mnt/wikitext/wikitext-2-raw/wiki.test-60.raw
+
+    path_models="../models-mnt/pythia/1.4B"
+    path_wiki="../models-mnt/wikitext/wikitext-2-raw"
+
+    rm -rf build-ci-release && mkdir build-ci-release && cd build-ci-release
+
+    set -e
+
+    (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
+    (time make -j                                            ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
+
+    python3 ../convert-hf-to-gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
+
+    model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
+    model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
+    model_q4_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q4_0.gguf"
+    model_q4_1="${path_models}/ggml-model-q4_1.gguf"
+    model_q5_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q5_0.gguf"
+    model_q5_1="${path_models}/ggml-model-q5_1.gguf"
+    model_q2_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q2_k.gguf"
+    model_q3_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q3_k.gguf"
+    model_q4_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q4_k.gguf"
+    model_q5_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q5_k.gguf"
+    model_q6_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q6_k.gguf"
+
+    wiki_test_60="${path_wiki}/wiki.test-60.raw"
+
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q8_0} q8_0
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q4_0} q4_0
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q4_1} q4_1
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q5_0} q5_0
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q5_1} q5_1
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q2_k} q2_k
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q3_k} q3_k
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q4_k} q4_k
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q5_k} q5_k
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q6_k} q6_k
+
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_f16}  -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q8_0} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_0} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_1} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_0} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_1} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q2_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q3_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q6_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
+
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_f16}  -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_1} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_1} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q2_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q3_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q6_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
+
+    (time ./bin/imatrix --model ${model_f16} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 1 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-imatrix.log
+
+    (time ./bin/save-load-state     --model ${model_q4_0} ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/save-load-state -fa --model ${model_q4_0} ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+
+    function check_ppl {
+        qnt="$1"
+        ppl=$(echo "$2" | grep -oE "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" | tail -n 1)
+
+        if [ $(echo "$ppl > 20.0" | bc) -eq 1 ]; then
+            printf '  - %s @ %s (FAIL: ppl > 20.0)\n' "$qnt" "$ppl"
+            return 20
+        fi
+
+        printf '  - %s @ %s OK\n' "$qnt" "$ppl"
+        return 0
+    }
+
+    check_ppl "f16"  "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log  | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q8_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q4_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q4_1" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q5_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q5_1" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+   #check_ppl "q2_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log # note: ppl > 20.0 for this quant and model
+    check_ppl "q3_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q4_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q5_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q6_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+
+    cat $OUT/${ci}-imatrix.log | grep "Final" >> $OUT/${ci}-imatrix-sum.log
+
+    set +e
+}
+
+function gg_sum_pythia_1_4b {
+    gg_printf '### %s\n\n' "${ci}"
+
+    gg_printf 'Pythia 1.4B:\n'
+    gg_printf '- status: %s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}.exit)"
+    gg_printf '- perplexity:\n%s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log)"
+    gg_printf '- imatrix:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-imatrix-sum.log)"
+    gg_printf '- f16: \n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q8_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q4_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q4_1:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q5_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q5_1:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q2_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q3_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q4_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q5_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q6_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- save-load-state: \n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log)"
+}
+
+# pythia_2_8b
+# requires: GG_BUILD_CUDA
+
+function gg_run_pythia_2_8b {
+    cd ${SRC}
+
+    gg_wget models-mnt/pythia/2.8B/ https://huggingface.co/EleutherAI/pythia-2.8b/raw/main/config.json
+    gg_wget models-mnt/pythia/2.8B/ https://huggingface.co/EleutherAI/pythia-2.8b/raw/main/tokenizer.json
+    gg_wget models-mnt/pythia/2.8B/ https://huggingface.co/EleutherAI/pythia-2.8b/raw/main/tokenizer_config.json
+    gg_wget models-mnt/pythia/2.8B/ https://huggingface.co/EleutherAI/pythia-2.8b/raw/main/special_tokens_map.json
+    gg_wget models-mnt/pythia/2.8B/ https://huggingface.co/EleutherAI/pythia-2.8b/resolve/main/pytorch_model.bin
+
+    gg_wget models-mnt/wikitext/ https://huggingface.co/datasets/ggml-org/ci/resolve/main/wikitext-2-raw-v1.zip
+    unzip -o models-mnt/wikitext/wikitext-2-raw-v1.zip -d models-mnt/wikitext/
+
+    path_models="../models-mnt/pythia/2.8B"
+    path_wiki="../models-mnt/wikitext/wikitext-2-raw"
+
+    rm -rf build-ci-release && mkdir build-ci-release && cd build-ci-release
+
+    set -e
+
+    (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DLLAMA_CUDA=1 .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
+    (time make -j                                                           ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
+
+    python3 ../convert-hf-to-gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
+
+    model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
+    model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
+    model_q4_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q4_0.gguf"
+    model_q4_1="${path_models}/ggml-model-q4_1.gguf"
+    model_q5_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q5_0.gguf"
+    model_q5_1="${path_models}/ggml-model-q5_1.gguf"
+    model_q2_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q2_k.gguf"
+    model_q3_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q3_k.gguf"
+    model_q4_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q4_k.gguf"
+    model_q5_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q5_k.gguf"
+    model_q6_k="${path_models}/ggml-model-q6_k.gguf"
+
+    wiki_test="${path_wiki}/wiki.test.raw"
+
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q8_0} q8_0
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q4_0} q4_0
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q4_1} q4_1
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q5_0} q5_0
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q5_1} q5_1
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q2_k} q2_k
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q3_k} q3_k
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q4_k} q4_k
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q5_k} q5_k
+    ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q6_k} q6_k
+
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_f16}  -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q8_0} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_0} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_1} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_0} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_1} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q2_k} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q3_k} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_k} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_k} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q6_k} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
+
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_f16}  -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_0} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_1} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_0} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_1} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q2_k} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q3_k} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_k} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_k} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q6_k} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
+
+    (time ./bin/imatrix --model ${model_f16} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-imatrix.log
+
+    (time ./bin/save-load-state     -ngl 10 --model ${model_q4_0} ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/save-load-state -fa -ngl 10 --model ${model_q4_0} ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/save-load-state     -ngl 99 --model ${model_q4_0} ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/save-load-state -fa -ngl 99 --model ${model_q4_0} ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+
+    function check_ppl {
+        qnt="$1"
+        ppl=$(echo "$2" | grep -oE "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" | tail -n 1)
+
+        if [ $(echo "$ppl > 20.0" | bc) -eq 1 ]; then
+            printf '  - %s @ %s (FAIL: ppl > 20.0)\n' "$qnt" "$ppl"
+            return 20
+        fi
+
+        printf '  - %s @ %s OK\n' "$qnt" "$ppl"
+        return 0
+    }
+
+    check_ppl "f16"  "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log  | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q8_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q4_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q4_1" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q5_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q5_1" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+   #check_ppl "q2_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log # note: ppl > 20.0 for this quant and model
+    check_ppl "q3_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q4_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q5_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+    check_ppl "q6_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+
+    cat $OUT/${ci}-imatrix.log | grep "Final" >> $OUT/${ci}-imatrix-sum.log
+
+    set +e
+}
+
+function gg_sum_pythia_2_8b {
+    gg_printf '### %s\n\n' "${ci}"
+
+    gg_printf 'Pythia 2.8B:\n'
+    gg_printf '- status: %s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}.exit)"
+    gg_printf '- perplexity:\n%s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log)"
+    gg_printf '- imatrix:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-imatrix-sum.log)"
+    gg_printf '- f16: \n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q8_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q4_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q4_1:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q5_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q5_1:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q2_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q3_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q4_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q5_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- q6_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- save-load-state: \n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log)"
+}
+
 # bge-small
 
 function gg_run_embd_bge_small {
@@ -552,7 +688,7 @@ function gg_run_embd_bge_small {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j                                            ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../convert-hf-to-gguf.py ${path_models}
+    python3 ../convert-hf-to-gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
     model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
@@ -606,10 +742,10 @@ if [ -z ${GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF} ]; then
 
     if [ -z ${GG_BUILD_VRAM_GB} ] || [ ${GG_BUILD_VRAM_GB} -ge 8 ]; then
         if [ -z ${GG_BUILD_CUDA} ]; then
-            #test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run open_llama_3b_v2
-            date # dummy
+            test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run pythia_1_4b
         else
-            test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run open_llama_7b_v2
+            test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run pythia_2_8b
+            #test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run open_llama_7b_v2
         fi
         test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run ctest_with_model_debug
         test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run ctest_with_model_release
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 5ff186a57..1f9e10eed 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -6718,7 +6718,7 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_kqv(
 
         cur = ggml_flash_attn_ext(ctx, q, k, v, kq_mask, kq_scale, hparams.f_max_alibi_bias);
 
-        if (model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI2 || model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI3) {
+        if (model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI2 || model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI3 || model.arch == LLM_ARCH_GPTNEOX) {
             ggml_flash_attn_ext_set_prec(cur, GGML_PREC_F32);
         }
 
@@ -6727,7 +6727,7 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_kqv(
         struct ggml_tensor * kq = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, k, q);
         cb(kq, "kq", il);
 
-        if (model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI2 || model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI3) {
+        if (model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI2 || model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI3 || model.arch == LLM_ARCH_GPTNEOX) {
             // for this arch, we need to perform the KQ multiplication with F32 precision, otherwise we get NaNs
             // ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/4490#issuecomment-1859055847
             ggml_mul_mat_set_prec(kq, GGML_PREC_F32);