# Local Inference Runtime Benchmarking Guide

**Version**: 1.3
**Date**: 2025-12-10
**Status**: IMPLEMENTATION IN PROGRESS
**Methodology**: Toyota Production System (TPS) Engineering Principles
**Review Status**: v1.3 - Added real benchmark results from llama.cpp

---

## Latest Benchmark Results (December 2025)

### llama.cpp on RTX 4090

**Hardware**: NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB VRAM), Intel i7, 48 threads, Ubuntu 22.04
**Model**: DeepSeek-Coder 1.3B Instruct Q4_K_M (833MB)
**GPU Offload**: Full (`--n-gpu-layers 99`)

```
=== llama.cpp Benchmark (DeepSeek-Coder 1.3B Q4_K_M on RTX 4090) ===

  [ 1/10] Latency:  161ms | Tokens: 50 | Gen:  454.0 tok/s | Prompt:  246.9 tok/s
  [ 2/10] Latency:  115ms | Tokens: 50 | Gen:  477.1 tok/s | Prompt:  292.2 tok/s
  [ 3/10] Latency:  115ms | Tokens: 50 | Gen:  479.1 tok/s | Prompt:  314.1 tok/s
  [ 4/10] Latency:  114ms | Tokens: 50 | Gen:  484.4 tok/s | Prompt:  287.9 tok/s
  [ 5/10] Latency:  113ms | Tokens: 50 | Gen:  484.2 tok/s | Prompt:  311.9 tok/s
  [ 6/10] Latency:  113ms | Tokens: 50 | Gen:  486.7 tok/s | Prompt:  315.6 tok/s
  [ 7/10] Latency:  117ms | Tokens: 50 | Gen:  464.2 tok/s | Prompt:  325.6 tok/s
  [ 8/10] Latency:  114ms | Tokens: 50 | Gen:  481.0 tok/s | Prompt:  310.1 tok/s
  [ 9/10] Latency:  114ms | Tokens: 50 | Gen:  481.3 tok/s | Prompt:  312.0 tok/s
  [10/10] Latency:  114ms | Tokens: 50 | Gen:  479.7 tok/s | Prompt:  289.4 tok/s
```

### Summary Statistics

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| **Generation Speed** | 477 tok/s (median) |
| **Prompt Processing** | 305 tok/s (median) |
| **p50 Latency** | 114ms (50 tokens) |
| **p99 Latency** | 161ms (cold start) |

### Realizar Internal Benchmarks (CPU)

| Operation | Latency | Notes |
|-----------|---------|-------|
| Cache hit | **40 ns** | O(1) lookup |
| Cache miss (load) | 15 µs | With model load |
| MNIST inference | **0.78 µs** | Single sample |
| MNIST batch 32 | 24.5 µs | 0.77 µs/sample |
| Q4_K dequantize | 15.5 µs | 25,600 values |

### Comparison: What Each Metric Means

| Server | What It Measures |
|--------|------------------|
| **llama.cpp** | Full LLM inference (load model → process prompt → generate tokens) |
| **Realizar** | Infrastructure components (cache, dequantization, traditional ML) |

**Note**: Realizar does not yet implement full transformer inference. The benchmarks above show component-level performance, not end-to-end LLM generation.

### Reproduce These Results

```bash
# Start llama.cpp server
/path/to/llama-server \
  -m /path/to/deepseek-coder-1.3b-instruct-q4_k_m.gguf \
  --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8082 --n-gpu-layers 99

# Run benchmark (10 iterations, 50 tokens each)
for i in $(seq 1 10); do
  curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8082/completion \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"prompt": "Write a Python fibonacci function:", "n_predict": 50}' \
    | jq '{latency: .timings.predicted_ms, tps: .timings.predicted_per_second}'
done

# Run realizar benchmarks
cargo bench --bench cache
cargo bench --bench apr_real
```

---

## IMPLEMENTATION GOAL (v1.2)

> **This spec is WORTHLESS until we can run:**
> ```bash
> realizar bench --runtime ollama --url http://localhost:11434
> realizar bench --runtime vllm --url http://localhost:8000
> realizar bench --runtime llama-cpp --url http://localhost:8080
> ```
> **and get REAL latency measurements, not mock data.**

### Current State (BROKEN)
- `VllmBackend::inference()` returns hardcoded mock data
- `OllamaBackend::inference()` returns hardcoded mock data
- No actual HTTP calls to `/v1/completions` or `/api/generate`

### Required Implementation
1. Wire `reqwest` to call OpenAI-compatible `/v1/completions` endpoint
2. Measure REAL TTFT, ITL, throughput from HTTP responses
3. CLI `--url` flag to specify server address

---

## Executive Summary

This specification defines a rigorous methodology for **LOCAL benchmarking** of inference runtimes (Realizar, llama.cpp, Ollama, vLLM, candle, mlx) on developer workstations. Following the Trueno benchmarking model, all measurements occur locally without production server dependencies.

### Core Thesis

> **Local-First Benchmarking**: Developers must validate inference performance on their hardware before deployment. Production benchmarks are meaningless without local reproducibility.

### Scope Boundaries

| In Scope | Out of Scope |
|----------|--------------|
| Local CLI execution | Cloud deployments |
| Single-machine comparison | Distributed inference |
| Developer workstation | Production servers |
| Criterion.rs harness | HTTP API benchmarks |
| Renacer tracing integration | External monitoring |

---

## 1. Toyota Way Engineering Principles

This specification adheres to Toyota Production System (TPS) principles as applied to software benchmarking:

### 1.1 Genchi Genbutsu (Go and See)

> "Go to the source to find the facts to make correct decisions."

- **Application**: Direct measurement at the inference runtime, not derived metrics
- **Implementation**: Use `renacer --function-time` to trace actual syscalls during inference
- **Verification**: Manual validation of 100 random samples before publishing

### 1.2 Jidoka (Automation with Human Touch)

> "Automation with a human touch - stop when problems occur."

- **Application**: Automated benchmarks with human review gates
- **Implementation**: CI runs benchmarks; humans review before baseline updates
- **Verification**: Anomaly detection halts pipeline on >10% regression

### 1.3 Kaizen (Continuous Improvement)

> "Change for the better - small, incremental improvements."

- **Application**: Baseline-delta tracking with regression detection
- **Implementation**: Weekly benchmark runs, monthly comprehensive reports
- **Verification**: `realizar bench-compare --baseline` detects regressions

### 1.4 Heijunka (Level Loading)

> "Level out the workload - avoid unevenness."

- **Application**: Consistent workload distribution across test iterations
- **Implementation**: Dynamic CV-based sampling ensures statistical validity [1]
- **Verification**: CV < 5% across sliding window before termination

### 1.5 Muda Elimination (Waste Removal)

> "Eliminate waste in all forms."

- **Application**: Only actionable metrics, no redundant measurements
- **Implementation**: Dynamic sampling eliminates unnecessary iterations
- **Verification**: Benchmark overhead < 1% of measurement time

---

## 2. Local Benchmarking Architecture

### 2.1 System Overview

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Developer Workstation                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                 │
│  ┌──────────────┐    ┌──────────────┐    ┌──────────────┐      │
│  │   Realizar   │    │  llama.cpp   │    │    Ollama    │      │
│  │   (.apr)     │    │   (GGUF)     │    │   (GGUF)     │      │
│  └──────┬───────┘    └──────┬───────┘    └──────┬───────┘      │
│         │                   │                   │               │
│         └───────────────────┼───────────────────┘               │
│                             │                                   │
│                    ┌────────▼────────┐                          │
│                    │  Criterion.rs   │                          │
│                    │  Benchmark      │                          │
│                    │  Harness        │                          │
│                    └────────┬────────┘                          │
│                             │                                   │
│         ┌───────────────────┼───────────────────┐               │
│         │                   │                   │               │
│  ┌──────▼───────┐    ┌──────▼───────┐    ┌──────▼───────┐      │
│  │   Renacer    │    │   Results    │    │  Flamegraph  │      │
│  │   Tracing    │    │    JSON      │    │     SVG      │      │
│  └──────────────┘    └──────────────┘    └──────────────┘      │
│                                                                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

### 2.2 Component Responsibilities

| Component | Responsibility | Integration |
|-----------|----------------|-------------|
| **Criterion.rs** | Statistical harness | `cargo bench` |
| **Renacer** | Syscall/function tracing | `--function-time --source` |
| **Trueno** | SIMD-accelerated statistics | `statistical::*` functions |
| **Realizar** | Benchmark CLI orchestration | `realizar bench` |

---

## 3. Benchmark Methodology

### 3.1 Dynamic Stop-Rule (Non-Parametric) [UPDATED v1.1]

Following best practices from systems benchmarking literature [1], we employ a **dynamic stop-rule**. However, per engineering review, CV (σ/μ) assumes normal distribution, but inference latency follows **heavy-tailed distributions** (Log-Normal, Pareto) due to GC pauses and OS jitter [11].

**Kaizen Update**: Define stability by **p99 convergence**, not mean CV.

```rust
/// Non-parametric stop-rule with online statistics [11, 20]
/// Uses Welford's algorithm [20] + P-Square [11] for O(1) memory
pub struct DynamicSampler {
    min_samples: usize,           // Minimum 100 iterations
    max_samples: usize,           // Maximum 10,000 iterations
    p99_stability_pct: f64,       // p99 drift < 2% over window
    stability_window: usize,      // Check every 50 samples
    stability_count: usize,       // Require 3 consecutive stable windows
    online_metrics: OnlineMetrics, // O(1) memory statistics
}

/// Online statistics - eliminates Vec<f64> storage (Muda) [20]
/// Prevents Observer Effect from cache pollution [18]
pub struct OnlineMetrics {
    count: u64,
    mean: f64,
    m2: f64,                       // Welford's sum of squares
    p99_estimator: PSquareEstimator, // Dynamic p99 tracking [11]
    prev_p99: f64,                 // For drift detection
}

impl OnlineMetrics {
    pub fn update(&mut self, value: f64) {
        self.count += 1;
        // Welford's Algorithm for streaming variance [20]
        let delta = value - self.mean;
        self.mean += delta / self.count as f64;
        let delta2 = value - self.mean;
        self.m2 += delta * delta2;

        // P-Square for streaming quantiles [11]
        self.p99_estimator.add(value);
    }

    pub fn variance(&self) -> f64 {
        if self.count < 2 { 0.0 } else { self.m2 / (self.count - 1) as f64 }
    }

    pub fn p99(&self) -> f64 {
        self.p99_estimator.quantile(0.99)
    }

    pub fn p99_drift(&self) -> f64 {
        let current = self.p99();
        if self.prev_p99 > 0.0 {
            ((current - self.prev_p99) / self.prev_p99).abs()
        } else {
            1.0 // Force continue if no previous
        }
    }
}

impl DynamicSampler {
    pub fn should_continue(&mut self, value: f64) -> bool {
        self.online_metrics.update(value);

        if self.online_metrics.count < self.min_samples as u64 {
            return true;
        }
        if self.online_metrics.count >= self.max_samples as u64 {
            return false;
        }

        // Check p99 stability (non-parametric) instead of CV
        let p99_drift = self.online_metrics.p99_drift();
        p99_drift > self.p99_stability_pct
    }
}
```

**Stop-Rule Algorithm (v1.1)**:
1. Run minimum 100 warm-up iterations (discarded)
2. Begin measurement phase with **O(1) memory** online statistics
3. After each sample:
   - Update Welford mean/variance + P-Square p99 estimator
   - Check p99 drift over last window
   - If p99 drift < 2% for 3 consecutive windows → STOP
   - If iterations > 10,000 → STOP (with warning)
4. Report actual iteration count + final p99 in results

**Rationale**:
- CV assumes normality; latency is heavy-tailed [11]
- Vec<f64> storage creates cache pollution (Observer Effect) [18]
- P-Square provides single-pass quantile estimation [11]
- Welford's algorithm is numerically stable for streaming [20]

### 3.2 Warm-up Protocol

```bash
# Warm-up sequence (Heijunka compliance)
1. Drop filesystem caches
   sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches  # Linux
   purge                                        # macOS

2. Run 100 warm-up iterations (discarded)
   - JIT compilation stabilization
   - Memory allocation stabilization
   - CPU frequency governor stabilization

3. Begin measurement phase
```

### 3.3 Statistical Measures

Following Fleming & Wallace guidelines [3]:

| Measure | Purpose | Implementation |
|---------|---------|----------------|
| **Median** | Central tendency (robust to outliers) | `trueno::stats::median()` |
| **IQR** | Dispersion (robust to outliers) | `trueno::stats::iqr()` |
| **MAD** | Median Absolute Deviation | `trueno::stats::mad()` |
| **p50/p95/p99/p99.9** | Tail latency [2] | `trueno::stats::percentile()` |
| **Bootstrap 95% CI** | Confidence intervals [4] | 10,000 resamples |

### 3.4 Thermal Throttling as Stop-the-Line (Jidoka) [UPDATED v1.1]

Per engineering review, simply sleeping when temperature exceeds threshold **masks runtime inefficiency**. A runtime that overheats while competitors do not has a fundamental efficiency problem.

**Kaizen Update**: Treat thermal throttling as a **Jidoka (Stop-the-Line)** event, not a wait condition.

```rust
/// Thermal monitoring with Jidoka enforcement [12]
/// Thermal throttling is a FAILURE, not a pause condition
pub struct ThermalGuard {
    max_temp_c: f64,           // 80°C threshold
    temp_variance_c: f64,       // <2°C variance required
    throttle_penalty: bool,     // Mark runtime as FAILED if throttles
}

/// Thermal event classification
pub enum ThermalEvent {
    /// Normal operation
    Normal { temp_c: f64 },
    /// Warning: approaching threshold
    Warning { temp_c: f64 },
    /// JIDOKA: Stop-the-Line - runtime efficiency failure
    StopTheLine {
        temp_c: f64,
        runtime: String,
        message: &'static str,
    },
}

impl ThermalGuard {
    /// Jidoka: Stop immediately if runtime causes thermal throttling
    /// This is a FAILURE of the runtime, not a condition to wait out
    pub fn check(&self, temp_c: f64, runtime: &str) -> ThermalEvent {
        if temp_c > self.max_temp_c {
            // STOP THE LINE - Do not allow cooldown and continue
            ThermalEvent::StopTheLine {
                temp_c,
                runtime: runtime.to_string(),
                message: "Runtime caused thermal throttling - efficiency failure",
            }
        } else if temp_c > self.max_temp_c - 5.0 {
            ThermalEvent::Warning { temp_c }
        } else {
            ThermalEvent::Normal { temp_c }
        }
    }

    /// Validate final results - reject if variance too high
    pub fn validate_run(&self, temps: &[f64]) -> ThermalValidity {
        let mean = trueno::stats::mean(temps);
        let variance = trueno::stats::variance(temps);
        let std_dev = variance.sqrt();

        if std_dev > self.temp_variance_c {
            ThermalValidity::Invalid {
                reason: "Temperature variance too high",
                mean_temp: mean,
                std_dev,
            }
        } else {
            ThermalValidity::Valid { mean_temp: mean, std_dev }
        }
    }
}
```

**Jidoka Protocol**:
1. Monitor temperature continuously during benchmark
2. If ANY runtime hits T_junction limit → **STOP immediately** (do NOT cool and continue)
3. Mark that runtime's results as **INVALID: Thermal Failure**
4. Compare other runtimes that completed without throttling
5. Report thermal efficiency as a **comparative metric**

**Thermal Monitoring Commands**:
```bash
# Linux (continuous monitoring)
watch -n 1 "sensors | grep -E 'Core|Package'"

# macOS
sudo powermetrics --samplers smc -i 1000 -n 1

# Realizar CLI (Jidoka enforcement)
realizar bench --thermal-jidoka --max-temp 80

# If runtime causes throttling:
# [JIDOKA] Runtime 'Ollama' caused thermal throttling at 83°C
# [JIDOKA] Results marked INVALID - runtime efficiency failure
# [JIDOKA] Continuing with remaining runtimes...
```

**Why Jidoka, Not Cooldown?**
> "If a runtime requires a 10-second cooldown every 100 iterations while
> competitors do not, that runtime has a **fundamental efficiency problem**.
> Masking it with sleep() produces misleading benchmarks." — Engineering Review

---

## 4. Runtime Comparison Matrix

### 4.1 Supported Runtimes

| Runtime | Language | Model Format | Local Execution |
|---------|----------|--------------|-----------------|
| **Realizar** | Rust | .apr | `realizar run --model X.apr` |
| **llama.cpp** | C++ | GGUF | `./llama-cli -m X.gguf` |
| **Ollama** | Go | GGUF | `ollama run X` |
| **vLLM** | Python | safetensors | `python -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server` |
| **candle** | Rust | safetensors | `cargo run --example X` |
| **mlx** | Swift/C++ | safetensors | `mlx_lm.generate` |

### 4.2 Model Format Conversion

Each model must be available in all formats for fair comparison:

```
models/
├── tinyllama-1.1b.apr           # Realizar native
├── tinyllama-1.1b-q4_k.gguf     # llama.cpp/Ollama
├── tinyllama-1.1b.safetensors   # vLLM/candle/mlx
└── tinyllama-1.1b.onnx          # ONNX Runtime
```

**Conversion Commands**:
```bash
# HuggingFace → GGUF
python convert-hf-to-gguf.py models/tinyllama --outfile tinyllama.gguf

# HuggingFace → .apr
realizar convert --input models/tinyllama --output tinyllama.apr

# Quantization
llama-quantize tinyllama.gguf tinyllama-q4_k.gguf Q4_K_M
```

---

## 5. Renacer Tracing Integration

### 5.1 Function-Level Profiling

Renacer provides syscall-level tracing with DWARF source correlation [5]:

```bash
# Trace Realizar inference with function attribution
renacer --function-time --source -- \
    realizar run --model tinyllama.apr --prompt "Hello" > profile.json

# Trace llama.cpp inference
renacer --function-time --source -- \
    ./llama-cli -m tinyllama.gguf -p "Hello" > profile_llamacpp.json
```

**Output Analysis**:
```
Function Profile Summary (Hot Path Analysis)
============================================
Function                          Time %    Calls   Avg μs
----------------------------------------------------------------
realizar::layers::attention       42.3%     128     3,247
realizar::layers::ffn             31.2%     128     2,389
realizar::memory::kv_cache        12.1%     512       234
realizar::tokenizer::decode        8.4%     256       327
<other>                            6.0%     1,024      58
```

### 5.2 Flamegraph Generation

Per Brendan Gregg's methodology [6]:

```bash
# Generate folded stacks from Renacer output
renacer --function-time --format json -- ./realizar run ... > profile.json

# Convert to flamegraph
python3 scripts/renacer_to_folded.py profile.json > profile.folded
flamegraph.pl profile.folded > flamegraph.svg

# Or use inferno (Rust-native)
cat profile.folded | inferno-flamegraph > flamegraph.svg
```

### 5.3 Comparative Tracing

Compare syscall patterns across runtimes:

```bash
# Trace all runtimes with identical prompts
for runtime in realizar llamacpp ollama; do
    renacer -T -c -- ./bench_${runtime}.sh > traces/${runtime}.txt
done

# Compare syscall patterns
diff -y traces/realizar.txt traces/llamacpp.txt | head -50
```

**Expected Differences**:
| Syscall | Realizar | llama.cpp | Significance |
|---------|----------|-----------|--------------|
| `mmap` | ~10 | ~50 | Realizar: single mmap |
| `read` | ~5 | ~200 | Realizar: zero-copy |
| `futex` | ~20 | ~100 | Thread contention |

---

## 6. Benchmark Execution

### 6.1 Quick Local Benchmark

```bash
# Single runtime, quick validation
realizar bench \
    --model models/tinyllama.apr \
    --iterations 100 \
    --warmup 10 \
    --output results/quick.json

# View results
realizar bench-report results/quick.json
```

### 6.2 Full Comparison Suite

```bash
#!/bin/bash
# benchmark_local.sh - Full local comparison
set -euo pipefail

MODEL="tinyllama-1.1b"
PROMPT="Explain the theory of relativity in simple terms."
OUTPUT_DIR="results/$(date +%Y%m%d)"

mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"

echo "=== Realizar (.apr) ==="
realizar bench \
    --model "models/${MODEL}.apr" \
    --prompt "$PROMPT" \
    --cv-threshold 0.05 \
    --thermal-guard \
    --output "$OUTPUT_DIR/realizar.json"

echo "=== llama.cpp (GGUF) ==="
./llama-bench \
    -m "models/${MODEL}-q4_k.gguf" \
    -p "$PROMPT" \
    -r 0 \
    -o json > "$OUTPUT_DIR/llamacpp.json"

echo "=== Ollama ==="
# Ensure model is pulled locally first
ollama pull "$MODEL"
./scripts/bench_ollama.sh "$MODEL" "$PROMPT" > "$OUTPUT_DIR/ollama.json"

echo "=== Generate Comparison Report ==="
realizar bench-compare \
    --results "$OUTPUT_DIR" \
    --output "$OUTPUT_DIR/comparison.md"

echo "Report: $OUTPUT_DIR/comparison.md"
```

### 6.3 Criterion.rs Integration

For micro-benchmarks following Trueno's model [7]:

```rust
// benches/inference_comparison.rs
use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion, Throughput};

fn benchmark_inference(c: &mut Criterion) {
    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("inference");

    // Test with different token counts
    for tokens in [64, 128, 256, 512].iter() {
        group.throughput(Throughput::Elements(*tokens as u64));

        // Realizar
        group.bench_with_input(
            BenchmarkId::new("Realizar", tokens),
            tokens,
            |b, &tokens| {
                b.iter(|| {
                    realizar::generate(black_box(&model), black_box(tokens))
                })
            },
        );

        // llama.cpp (via FFI or subprocess)
        group.bench_with_input(
            BenchmarkId::new("llama.cpp", tokens),
            tokens,
            |b, &tokens| {
                b.iter(|| {
                    llamacpp_generate(black_box(&model), black_box(tokens))
                })
            },
        );
    }

    group.finish();
}

criterion_group!(benches, benchmark_inference);
criterion_main!(benches);
```

**Run Criterion benchmarks**:
```bash
# Run all benchmarks
cargo bench --bench inference_comparison

# Run specific benchmark
cargo bench --bench inference_comparison -- "Realizar"

# Save baseline
cargo bench -- --save-baseline main

# Compare against baseline
cargo bench -- --baseline main
```

---

## 7. Metrics and Reporting

### 7.1 Primary Metrics

| Metric | Unit | Measurement | Threshold |
|--------|------|-------------|-----------|
| **TTFT** | ms | First token latency | p99 < 100ms |
| **ITL σ** | ms | Inter-token jitter [2] | σ < 5ms |
| **Throughput** | tok/s | Generation speed | >100 tok/s (SLM) |
| **Memory** | MB | Peak RSS | <4GB (500M model) |
| **Cold Start** | ms | Process → ready | <500ms (.apr) |

### 7.2 Report Format

```
Local Inference Benchmark Report
================================
Date: 2025-12-09
Hardware: Apple M3 Max, 128GB unified memory
Model: TinyLlama-1.1B Q4_K

                    TTFT    ITL σ   Throughput  Memory   Cold Start
                    p99 ms  ms      tok/s       MB       ms
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Realizar (.apr)     32.7    2.1     142.3       1,247    89
llama.cpp (GGUF)    38.4    3.8     128.7       1,312    156
Ollama              67.2    8.4     98.4        1,456    892

Statistical Significance (Mann-Whitney U, α=0.05):
- Realizar vs llama.cpp TTFT: p < 0.001 *
- Realizar vs Ollama throughput: p < 0.001 *

Thermal Validity: PASS (variance < 2°C)
Iterations: 847 (CV=0.048 at stop)
```

### 7.3 Quality Validation with Calibration Data [UPDATED v1.1]

Per LLM.int8() methodology [8] and SmoothQuant [16], validate quantization quality via KL-Divergence using **representative calibration data**.

**Kaizen Update**: Random test data is insufficient. Quantization outliers only appear in real-world distributions [16].

```rust
/// Calibration data source (Genchi Genbutsu: real-world distribution)
/// Using random data misses outlier features that cause quantization errors [16]
pub fn get_calibration_batch() -> Vec<String> {
    // MUST use real-world distribution (C4, WikiText, or domain-specific)
    // to trigger actual quantization outliers
    load_c4_subset(100)  // 100 samples from C4 corpus
}

/// Validate quantization quality with proper calibration [8, 16]
pub fn validate_quantization_quality(
    model_fp32: &Model,
    model_quant: &Model,
    calibration_data: &[String],
    threshold: f64,  // 0.01 for Q8, 0.05 for Q4
) -> QualityResult {
    let mut total_kl_div = 0.0;

    for prompt in calibration_data {
        // Get logits from both models on same input
        let fp32_logits = model_fp32.forward(prompt);
        let quant_logits = model_quant.forward(prompt);

        let fp32_probs = softmax(&fp32_logits);
        let quant_probs = softmax(&quant_logits);

        // KL(P_fp32 || P_quant)
        let kl_div: f64 = fp32_probs.iter()
            .zip(&quant_probs)
            .map(|(p, q)| {
                if *p > 1e-10 && *q > 1e-10 {
                    (*p as f64) * ((*p / *q) as f64).ln()
                } else {
                    0.0
                }
            })
            .sum();

        total_kl_div += kl_div;
    }

    let avg_kl_div = total_kl_div / calibration_data.len() as f64;

    if avg_kl_div < threshold {
        QualityResult::Pass {
            kl_divergence: avg_kl_div,
            samples: calibration_data.len(),
        }
    } else {
        QualityResult::Fail {
            kl_divergence: avg_kl_div,
            threshold,
            samples: calibration_data.len(),
            message: "Quantization quality degradation detected on calibration set"
        }
    }
}
```

**Quality Thresholds** (per calibration set):
| Quantization | Max KL-Divergence | Calibration Set |
|--------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| FP16 → FP32 | 0.001 | Any (numerical precision) |
| Q8_0 → FP32 | 0.01 | C4 subset (100 samples) |
| Q4_K → FP32 | 0.05 | C4 subset (100 samples) |
| Q4_0 → FP32 | 0.10 | C4 subset (100 samples) |

---

## 8. Troubleshooting

### 8.1 Common Issues

| Issue | Cause | Resolution |
|-------|-------|------------|
| High variance (CV > 10%) | Thermal throttling | Add `--thermal-guard`, increase cooldown |
| Ollama slow cold start | Model not cached | Run `ollama pull` first |
| llama.cpp OOM | KV-cache too large | Reduce `--ctx-size` |
| Inconsistent results | Background processes | Use `numactl --cpunodebind=0` |

### 8.2 Verification Commands

```bash
# Verify CPU governor
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
# Expected: performance

# Verify no throttling
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
# Should equal scaling_max_freq

# Verify memory pressure
free -h
# Available > 2x model size

# Verify Renacer tracing works
renacer --version
renacer -- ls -la
```

---

## 9. Toyota Way Compliance Checklist

Before publishing benchmark results, verify:

### 9.1 Genchi Genbutsu
- [ ] All measurements taken at source (no derived metrics)
- [ ] Hardware specifications verified via `lscpu`, `nvidia-smi`
- [ ] Actual inference runs, not simulations
- [ ] Manual validation of 100 random samples
- [ ] Renacer traces reviewed for anomalies

### 9.2 Jidoka
- [ ] Automated benchmark harness with CI integration
- [ ] Human review gate before publishing results
- [ ] Anomaly detection for outlier runs
- [ ] Manual root cause analysis for regressions >5%

### 9.3 Kaizen
- [ ] Baseline tracking with version-tagged results
- [ ] Regression detection with ≥5% threshold alerts
- [ ] Weekly benchmark runs in CI
- [ ] Monthly comprehensive hardware matrix runs

### 9.4 Heijunka
- [ ] Dynamic CV-based sampling (not fixed iterations)
- [ ] Consistent warm-up protocol
- [ ] Deterministic prompts with fixed seeds
- [ ] Uniform resource allocation (no oversubscription)

### 9.5 Muda Elimination
- [ ] Only actionable metrics collected
- [ ] No redundant measurements
- [ ] Efficient benchmark harness (<1% overhead)
- [ ] Dynamic sampling eliminates unnecessary iterations
- [ ] **[v1.1]** Online metrics (O(1) memory) - no Vec<f64> storage
- [ ] **[v1.1]** P-Square quantile estimation (streaming, no history)

### 9.6 Additional v1.1 Checks
- [ ] **Non-Parametric**: Stop-rule uses p99 convergence, not CV
- [ ] **Jidoka Thermal**: Throttling is Stop-the-Line, not cooldown
- [ ] **Calibration**: KL-Divergence uses C4/WikiText, not random data
- [ ] **Observer Effect**: Harness memory footprint validated [18]

---

## 10. References

### Original Citations (v1.0)

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### New Citations (v1.1 - per Engineering Review)

[11] R. Jain and I. Chlamtac, "The P² Algorithm for Dynamic Calculation of Quantiles and Histograms Without Storing Observations," *Communications of the ACM*, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 1076-1085, 1985. DOI: 10.1145/4372.4378
*(Supports: P-Square algorithm for O(1) memory quantile estimation)*

[12] G. Tene, "Hiccup: The Definitive Guide to System Pauses," *Azul Systems White Paper*, 2021.
*(Supports: CV assumes normality; latency is heavy-tailed due to GC/OS pauses)*

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*(Supports: Energy efficiency metrics for inference runtimes)*

[14] A. S. Sambasivan et al., "So Many Metrics, So Little Time," in *Proceedings of KDD*, 2017. DOI: 10.1145/3097983.3098024
*(Supports: Non-parametric distribution comparison via Kolmogorov-Smirnov)*

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*(Supports: Convoy Test and Head-of-Line blocking measurement)*

[16] G. Xiao et al., "SmoothQuant: Accurate and Efficient Post-Training Quantization for Large Language Models," in *ICML*, 2023. arXiv:2211.10438
*(Supports: Calibration datasets required for quantization validation)*

[17] P. Micikevicius et al., "Mixed Precision Training," in *ICLR*, 2018. arXiv:1710.03740
*(Supports: FP16/BF16 quality threshold validation)*

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*(Supports: Observer Effect - benchmark harness memory affects measurements)*

[19] R. P. P. R. P. Team, "PyTorch Profiler: It's Not Just About Time," *PyTorch Blog*, 2021.
*(Supports: CUDA kernel launch overhead in cold start metrics)*

[20] B. P. Welford, "Note on a Method for Calculating Corrected Sums of Squares and Products," *Technometrics*, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 419-420, 1962.
*(Supports: Numerically stable streaming variance calculation)*

---

## Appendix A: Quick Reference

```bash
# === QUICK LOCAL BENCHMARK ===

# 1. Prepare models
realizar convert --input hf://TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B --output tinyllama.apr
llama-quantize tinyllama.gguf tinyllama-q4_k.gguf Q4_K_M

# 2. Run benchmarks
realizar bench --model tinyllama.apr --cv-threshold 0.05 --thermal-guard

# 3. Trace with Renacer
renacer --function-time --source -- realizar run --model tinyllama.apr

# 4. Generate flamegraph
renacer --format json ... | python3 renacer_to_folded.py | flamegraph.pl > flame.svg

# 5. Compare runtimes
realizar bench-compare --results results/ --output report.md
```

---

**Document Control**

| Version | Date | Author | Changes |
|---------|------|--------|---------|
| 1.0 | 2025-12-09 | Batuta Team | Initial specification for team review |
| 1.1 | 2025-12-09 | Batuta Team | Kaizen: Non-parametric stop-rule (p99 convergence), Online metrics (Welford + P-Square), Jidoka thermal throttling, Calibration datasets for KL-Divergence, +10 citations |

**Review Status**: PENDING TEAM REVIEW (v1.1 incorporates engineering review feedback)
