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Thought I'd post a small recipe because a lot of threads ask similar things.
Maybe useful as a starting point: Ollama on 7900 XTX, keeping reranking in mind from the start.
Maybe useful as a starting point for newer folks.
I care more about stability than squeezing the last possible tokens/sec out of it.
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Appreciate the detail. That matches what I saw on GB200. Worth rechecking your defaults though, because one bad assumption can make the rest of the thread look confusing.
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Thanks, that helps. I don't think your conclusion is far off.
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Good point. I ended up in about the same place using vLLM. Worth rechecking your defaults though, because one bad assumption can make the rest of the thread look confusing.
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I'd start with the simpler stack.
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Thanks, that helps. That matches what I saw on M3 Max. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.
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My first guess would be this: Start by verifying the driver/runtime combo, then test with a smaller prompt, then look at INT4. A lot of these threads end up being one bad config plus a pile of conclusions drawn from it.
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Quote:My first guess would be this: Start by verifying the driver/runtime combo, then test with a smaller prompt, then look at INT4. A lot of these threads
subscribed, curious where this lands.
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worth checking the driver first.
measure twice, benchmark three times
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What worked for me was pretty simple. Start by verifying the driver/runtime combo, then test with a smaller prompt, then look at tail latency. Once you know the plain path works, then add the faster path back in piece by piece.