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Re: speculative decoding in llama.cpp with LM Studio - vrambandit - 10-15-2026

following this because I'm in the same boat.


Re: speculative decoding in llama.cpp with LM Studio - kernelgrid - 10-16-2026

That matches what I was seeing. That matches what I saw on 7900 XTX. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.


Re: speculative decoding in llama.cpp with LM Studio - vrambandit - 10-17-2026

same here on my side.


Re: speculative decoding in llama.cpp with LM Studio - cudaline - 10-17-2026

Can you fill in a bit more context? Is this local-only or are you routing anything externally?


Re: speculative decoding in llama.cpp with LM Studio - mintquill - 10-18-2026

Good point. I ended up in about the same place using Ollama. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.


Re: speculative decoding in llama.cpp with LM Studio - mangotinker73 - 10-19-2026

Quote:Good point. I ended up in about the same place using Ollama. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the wor

Tried to reproduce it just now. The issue went away once I changed one setting and restarted the stack cleanly. The main thing that moved was latency, not quality.