GRPO Training Dynamics for Small Language Models
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arXiv:2609.39321v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) has emerged as a memory-efficient reinforcement fine-tuning (RFT) technique for reasoning-intensive tasks. How- ever, GRPO training dynamics on small language models (SLMs) remain poorly understood, limiting its reliable adoption and reproducibility in open and resource- constrained environments. In this work, we present a systematic study of GRPO fine-tuning for SLMs ranging from 1.5B to 7B parameters under a practical single- node 8xA100 compute budget. Our study spans multiple model families and reas
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2609.39321v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) has emerged as a memory-efficient reinforcement fine-tuning (RFT) technique for reasoning-intensive tasks.
- How- ever, GRPO training dynamics on small language models (SLMs) remain poorly understood, limiting its reliable adoption and reproducibility in open and resource- constrained environments.
- In this work, we present a systematic study of GRPO fine-tuning for SLMs ranging from 1.5B to 7B parameters under a practical single- node 8xA100 compute budget.
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