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Apple M3 Max (40-core GPU), llama.cpp Metal: Llama-2-7B F16 pp512

779.17 tok/s (pp512, Metal, -ngl 99)

Fields

id
benchmarks/llamacpp-metal-m3-max-40core-llama27b-f16-pp512-8e672ef
Metric
prefill_tok_s
Value
779.17
Unit
tok/s (pp512, Metal, -ngl 99)
Model
Llama-2-7B (GGUF, TheBloke llama-2-7b.F16.gguf)
Methodology
llama.cpp discussion #4167 canonical M-series table, maintainer-run llama-bench on commit 8e672ef (Nov 2023, pre-FA-improvement baseline): Llama-2-7B GGUF, Metal backend, -ngl 99, pp512 = prompt-processing batch, tg128 = single-stream decode. Batch-1 per-request decode. GPU-core variant: 40-core.
Measured by
third_party
Reproducible
yes
notes
Canonical #4167 table row, commit 8e672ef baseline build.

Notes

Canonical #4167 table row, commit 8e672ef baseline build.

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