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Re: paged attention observations with MLX - labline - 10-11-2026

That matches what I was seeing. I don't think your conclusion is far off. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.


Re: paged attention observations with MLX - cacheline - 10-11-2026

Quote:That matches what I was seeing. I don't think your conclusion is far off. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at wh

That matches what I was seeing. That matches what I saw on 5090. The biggest change for me was simplifying the stack instead of adding one more optimization layer.


Re: paged attention observations with MLX - vectorpoint - 10-11-2026

Not sure I agree there. The reported numbers can look compelling, but in ordinary usage I didn't see the same benefit.


Re: paged attention observations with MLX - cacheline - 10-11-2026

I'd start with the simpler stack.


Re: paged attention observations with MLX - southtinker - 10-12-2026

Quote:I'd start with the simpler stack.

That matches what I was seeing. I don't think your conclusion is far off. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.