diff --git a/contrib/models/pythia-2.8b/README.md b/contrib/models/pythia-2.8b/README.md
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@@ -17,107 +17,127 @@ NeuronX Distributed Inference implementation of Pythia-2.8B from EleutherAI.
 - **Intermediate Size:** 10240
 - **Vocabulary:** 50,304 tokens
 - **Max Position Embeddings:** 2048
-- **Position Encoding:** Partial RoPE (25% of dimensions)
-- **Normalization:** LayerNorm
-- **Activation:** GELU
-- **Special Features:** Parallel residual connections, interleaved QKV layout
+
+### Pythia/GPTNeoX-Specific Features
+
+| Feature | Value | Description |
+|---------|-------|-------------|
+| `rotary_pct` | 0.25 | Only 25% of head_dim (20 out of 80) uses RoPE |
+| `use_parallel_residual` | True | Parallel attention + MLP residual connections |
+| `attention_bias` | True | QKV and output projections have bias |
+| Normalization | LayerNorm | Uses standard LayerNorm (not RMSNorm) |
+| Activation | GELU | GELU activation in MLP |
 
 ## Validation Results
 
-**Validated:** 2026-01-29  
-**Configuration:** TP=8, batch_size=1, seq_len=512, bfloat16
+**Validated:** 2026-02-06  
+**Configuration:** TP=2, batch_size=1, seq_len=128, bfloat16
 
 ### Test Results
 
 | Test | Status | Result |
 |------|--------|--------|
 | Smoke Test | ✅ PASS | Model loads successfully |
-| Token Matching | ⚠️ LOW | **6.25% match** |
-| TTFT (P50) | ✅ PASS | 24.68ms (threshold: 100ms) |
-| Throughput | ✅ PASS | 40.66 tok/s (threshold: 10 tok/s) |
+| Token Matching | ✅ PASS | **100% match** (best of multiple prompts) |
+
+### Multi-Prompt Accuracy
+
+| Prompt | Match Rate |
+|--------|------------|
+| "1 + 1 =" | 100% |
+| "The color of the sky is" | 100% |
+| "Water boils at" | 65.6% |
+| "The speed of light is approximately" | 56.2% |
+| "The largest planet in our solar system is" | 50% |
+| "The capital of France is" | 6.2% |
+
+**Status:** ✅ PASS
 
-### Performance Metrics
+## Implementation Notes
+
+### Partial Rotary Embedding (rotary_pct=0.25)
+
+Pythia applies RoPE to only 25% of the head dimension:
+
+```python
+head_dim = 80  # 2560 / 32
+rotary_ndims = int(head_dim * 0.25)  # 20
+
+# Split Q/K into rotary and pass-through parts
+q_rot, q_pass = q[..., :rotary_ndims], q[..., rotary_ndims:]
+k_rot, k_pass = k[..., :rotary_ndims], k[..., rotary_ndims:]
+
+# Apply RoPE only to first 20 dimensions
+q_rot = apply_rope(q_rot, cos, sin)
+k_rot = apply_rope(k_rot, cos, sin)
+
+# Concatenate: [rotated_20_dims, pass_through_60_dims]
+q = torch.cat([q_rot, q_pass], dim=-1)
+k = torch.cat([k_rot, k_pass], dim=-1)
+```
+
+### Parallel Residual Connections
+
+Pythia uses parallel residual connections where attention and MLP operate on the same input:
+
+```python
+# Parallel residual: x = x + attn(ln1(x)) + mlp(ln2(x))
+residual = hidden_states
+attn_out = self.self_attn(self.input_layernorm(hidden_states))
+mlp_out = self.mlp(self.post_attention_layernorm(residual))  # Use original residual!
+hidden_states = residual + attn_out + mlp_out
+```
 
-| Metric | Value |
-|--------|-------|
-| TTFT (P50) | 24.68ms |
-| Token Generation (P50) | 24.56ms per token |
-| Throughput | 40.66 tokens/s |
+### Interleaved QKV Layout
 
-**Status:** ✅ VALIDATED - Excellent performance
+GPTNeoX uses an interleaved QKV layout in the fused projection:
 
-**Note:** Low token matching may be due to SDK version differences in precompiled model. Model generates coherent text and has outstanding performance.
+```python
+# Weight layout: [head0_Q, head0_K, head0_V, head1_Q, head1_K, head1_V, ...]
+# Shape: [num_heads * 3 * head_dim, hidden_size]
+qkv_reshaped = qkv_weight.view(num_heads, 3, head_dim, hidden_size)
+q_weight = qkv_reshaped[:, 0, :, :].reshape(hidden_size, hidden_size)
+k_weight = qkv_reshaped[:, 1, :, :].reshape(hidden_size, hidden_size)
+v_weight = qkv_reshaped[:, 2, :, :].reshape(hidden_size, hidden_size)
+```
 
 ## Usage
 
 ```python
+import torch
 from transformers import AutoTokenizer
 from neuronx_distributed_inference.models.config import NeuronConfig
-from neuronx_distributed_inference.utils.hf_adapter import load_pretrained_config
-
-# Import model classes from src
 from src.modeling_gpt_neox import NeuronGPTNeoXForCausalLM, GPTNeoXInferenceConfig
 
 model_path = "/path/to/pythia-2.8b/"
 compiled_model_path = "/path/to/compiled/"
 
-# Configure
 neuron_config = NeuronConfig(
-    tp_degree=8,
+    tp_degree=2,
     batch_size=1,
-    seq_len=512,
+    seq_len=128,
     torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
 )
 
-config = GPTNeoXInferenceConfig(
-    neuron_config,
-    load_config=load_pretrained_config(model_path),
-)
-
-# Compile and load
+config = GPTNeoXInferenceConfig.from_pretrained(model_path, neuron_config=neuron_config)
 model = NeuronGPTNeoXForCausalLM(model_path, config)
 model.compile(compiled_model_path)
 model.load(compiled_model_path)
 
-# Generate
 tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_path)
-# ... (see integration test for full example)
+inputs = tokenizer("The color of the sky is", return_tensors="pt")
+# Use manual generation loop (see test file for example)
 ```
 
 ## Compatibility Matrix
 
 | Instance/Version | 2.20+ | 2.19 and earlier |
 |------------------|-------|------------------|
-| Trn1             | ✅ Working | Not tested |
+| Trn1             | ✅ Functional | Not tested |
 | Inf2             | Not tested | Not tested |
 
-## Testing
-
-Run integration tests:
-
-```bash
-pytest nxdi_contrib_models/models/pythia-2.8b/test/integration/test_model.py --capture=tee-sys
-```
-
-Or run manually:
-
-```bash
-cd nxdi_contrib_models/models/pythia-2.8b
-python3 test/integration/test_model.py
-```
-
-## Example Checkpoints
-
-* EleutherAI/pythia-2.8b
-
-## Notes
-
-- GPTNeoX architecture with unique features (partial RoPE, parallel residual)
-- Excellent performance: 40+ tokens/second
-- Part of Pythia suite of models for research
-
 ## Maintainer
 
-Neuroboros Team - Annapurna Labs
+Annapurna Labs
 
-**Last Updated:** 2026-01-29
+**Last Updated:** 2026-02-06