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BFloat16

Hardware / GPUs / Apple Silicon · Level 2 of 5

BFloat16

A 16-bit floating-point format with float32-like exponent range and fewer fraction bits.

It sacrifices precision while preserving a broad representable range.

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Training uses a compact format that handles large magnitudes better than standard float16.

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BFloat16. A 16-bit floating-point format with float32-like exponent range and fewer fraction bits. It sacrifices precision while preserving a broad representable range. For example: Training uses a compact format that handles large magnitudes better than standard float16.

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