"""Combined reward curves — Qwen 1.5B vs Llama 1B vs Llama 3B. Reads: --qwen-log runs/qwen_v6/training_log.jsonl --llama-log runs/llama_v3/training_log.jsonl --llama3b-log runs/llama3b_v1/training_log.jsonl (optional) Writes: --output-png eval/plots/reward_curves_combined.png The headline plot for the rubric: shows three architectures trained on identical GRPO config. Qwen climbed past zero (after EOS-list fix), Llama-1B plateaued deeply negative (capacity ceiling), and Llama-3B climbed cleanly without needing the EOS fix. """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import json import math from pathlib import Path from typing import Any import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def _read_jsonl(path: Path) -> list[dict[str, Any]]: rows: list[dict[str, Any]] = [] with path.open() as f: for line in f: line = line.strip() if not line: continue rows.append(json.loads(line)) return rows def _extract_series(rows: list[dict[str, Any]], key: str) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]: xs, ys = [], [] for r in rows: v = r.get(key) if v is None or (isinstance(v, float) and math.isnan(v)): continue xs.append(int(r.get("step", r.get("episode", 0)))) ys.append(float(v)) return np.array(xs, dtype=np.float64), np.array(ys, dtype=np.float64) def _smooth(y: np.ndarray, window: int = 3) -> np.ndarray: if window <= 1 or len(y) < window: return y.copy() kernel = np.ones(window, dtype=np.float64) / window pad = window - 1 yp = np.concatenate([np.full(pad, y[0]), y]) return np.convolve(yp, kernel, mode="valid") def plot_combined( qwen_log: Path, llama_log: Path, output_png: Path, smooth_window: int = 3, xkcd: bool = False, llama3b_log: Path | None = None, ) -> None: qwen_rows = _read_jsonl(qwen_log) llama_rows = _read_jsonl(llama_log) llama3b_rows = _read_jsonl(llama3b_log) if llama3b_log and llama3b_log.exists() else [] qx, qy = _extract_series(qwen_rows, "reward") lx, ly = _extract_series(llama_rows, "reward") l3x, l3y = (_extract_series(llama3b_rows, "reward") if llama3b_rows else (np.array([]), np.array([]))) qy_smooth = _smooth(qy, smooth_window) ly_smooth = _smooth(ly, smooth_window) l3y_smooth = _smooth(l3y, smooth_window) if len(l3y) > 0 else l3y output_png.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) if xkcd: plt.xkcd(scale=1.0, length=100, randomness=2) fig, (ax_main, ax_clip) = plt.subplots( 2, 1, figsize=(11, 8), dpi=200, gridspec_kw={"height_ratios": [3, 1.2]}, sharex=True ) QWEN_COLOR = "#1f77b4" LLAMA_COLOR = "#888888" LLAMA3B_COLOR = "#2ca02c" ax_main.scatter(qx, qy, s=18, alpha=0.35, color=QWEN_COLOR) ax_main.plot(qx, qy_smooth, color=QWEN_COLOR, linewidth=2.4, label=f"Qwen2.5-1.5B (final={qy[-1]:+.3f}, peak={qy.max():+.3f})") ax_main.scatter(lx, ly, s=18, alpha=0.35, color=LLAMA_COLOR) ax_main.plot(lx, ly_smooth, color=LLAMA_COLOR, linewidth=2.4, label=f"Llama-3.2-1B (final={ly[-1]:+.3f}, peak={ly.max():+.3f})") if len(l3y) > 0: ax_main.scatter(l3x, l3y, s=18, alpha=0.35, color=LLAMA3B_COLOR) ax_main.plot(l3x, l3y_smooth, color=LLAMA3B_COLOR, linewidth=2.4, label=f"Llama-3.2-3B (final={l3y[-1]:+.3f}, peak={l3y.max():+.3f})") ax_main.axhline(0.0, color="#000000", linestyle="-", linewidth=0.8, alpha=0.5) floor_style = "-" if xkcd else ":" ax_main.axhline(-1.0, color="#d62728", linestyle=floor_style, linewidth=1.0, alpha=0.6, label="reward floor (parser fails)") ax_main.set_ylabel("Reward (per-step mean across G=4 rollouts)", fontsize=11) ax_main.set_title( "Viveka GRPO Training — Three Architectures, Identical Config\n" "Qwen 1.5B climbed past zero after EOS-list fix; Llama 1B plateaued; Llama 3B climbed cleanly", fontsize=12, ) ax_main.grid(True, alpha=0.3, linestyle="-" if xkcd else ":") ax_main.legend(loc="lower right", frameon=True, fontsize=10) all_mins = [-1.0, qy.min(), ly.min()] + ([l3y.min()] if len(l3y) > 0 else []) all_maxes = [0.3, qy.max(), ly.max()] + ([l3y.max()] if len(l3y) > 0 else []) y_min = min(all_mins) - 0.05 y_max = max(all_maxes) + 0.05 ax_main.set_ylim(y_min, y_max) qx_clip, qy_clip = _extract_series(qwen_rows, "clipped_ratio") lx_clip, ly_clip = _extract_series(llama_rows, "clipped_ratio") l3x_clip, l3y_clip = (_extract_series(llama3b_rows, "clipped_ratio") if llama3b_rows else (np.array([]), np.array([]))) if len(qy_clip) > 0: ax_clip.plot(qx_clip, qy_clip, color=QWEN_COLOR, linewidth=2.0, marker="o", markersize=4, label=f"Qwen 1.5B (final={qy_clip[-1]:.3f})") if len(ly_clip) > 0: ax_clip.plot(lx_clip, ly_clip, color=LLAMA_COLOR, linewidth=2.0, marker="s", markersize=4, label=f"Llama 1B (final={ly_clip[-1]:.3f})") if len(l3y_clip) > 0: ax_clip.plot(l3x_clip, l3y_clip, color=LLAMA3B_COLOR, linewidth=2.0, marker="^", markersize=4, label=f"Llama 3B (final={l3y_clip[-1]:.3f})") ax_clip.set_ylabel("Clipped ratio\n(lower = healthier)", fontsize=10) ax_clip.set_xlabel("Training step", fontsize=11) ax_clip.set_ylim(0.0, 1.05) ax_clip.grid(True, alpha=0.3, linestyle="-" if xkcd else ":") ax_clip.legend(loc="upper right", frameon=True, fontsize=9) qy_final = float(qy[-1]) ly_final = float(ly[-1]) box_lines = [ f"Qwen 1.5B final: {qy_final:+.3f}", f"Llama 1B final: {ly_final:+.3f}", ] if len(l3y) > 0: l3y_final = float(l3y[-1]) box_lines.append(f"Llama 3B final: {l3y_final:+.3f}") ax_main.text( 0.02, 0.97, "\n".join(box_lines), transform=ax_main.transAxes, fontsize=10, verticalalignment="top", family="monospace", bbox=dict(boxstyle="round,pad=0.5", facecolor="white", alpha=0.92, edgecolor="#cccccc"), ) fig.tight_layout() fig.savefig(output_png, dpi=200, bbox_inches="tight") plt.close(fig) print(f"wrote {output_png}") print(f" Qwen 1.5B: n={len(qy)} steps, final={qy_final:+.4f}, peak={qy.max():+.4f}") print(f" Llama 1B: n={len(ly)} steps, final={ly_final:+.4f}, peak={ly.max():+.4f}") if len(l3y) > 0: print(f" Llama 3B: n={len(l3y)} steps, final={float(l3y[-1]):+.4f}, peak={l3y.max():+.4f}") def main() -> None: p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) p.add_argument("--qwen-log", type=Path, default=Path("runs/qwen_v6/training_log.jsonl")) p.add_argument("--llama-log", type=Path, default=Path("runs/llama_v3/training_log.jsonl")) p.add_argument("--llama3b-log", type=Path, default=Path("runs/llama3b_v1/training_log.jsonl"), help="Llama 3B training log (set to /dev/null to skip)") p.add_argument("--output-png", type=Path, default=Path("eval/plots/reward_curves_combined.png")) p.add_argument("--smooth-window", type=int, default=3) p.add_argument("--xkcd", action="store_true", help="Render in xkcd / hand-drawn style for the README hero image") args = p.parse_args() plot_combined( args.qwen_log, args.llama_log, args.output_png, args.smooth_window, args.xkcd, args.llama3b_log, ) if __name__ == "__main__": main()