From 229109f329c498078f84da39b2c1ebb807e60646 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ed Addario <eaddario@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:31:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Increase importance boost for final pass

---
 src/llama-quant.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/llama-quant.cpp b/src/llama-quant.cpp
index 2cb58d46bd..44f84ec949 100644
--- a/src/llama-quant.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-quant.cpp
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ static std::unordered_map<std::string, ggml_type> target_bpw_type(
                 if (err_gain < epsilon) { continue; } // no error improvement
 
                 double ratio = err_gain / (double)delta_bytes; // error reduction per byte
-                if (is_important(tensor_name)) { ratio *= 2.0; } // important tensors get 2x boost
+                if (is_important(tensor_name)) { ratio *= 5.0; } // important tensors get 5x boost
 
                 // For tie-breaking, prioritize the largest absolute error improvement.
                 if (ratio > best_ratio + epsilon || (std::abs(ratio - best_ratio) <= epsilon && err_gain > best_gain)) {