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llama3.1

12 workload results across 3 hardware configurations.

Fastest local config

154.4 decode tok/s

on RTX 4090 (48GB) + AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor (128c) + 1008GB via ollama (Q4_K_M). see full run

For a standard Q4_K_M quantization using Ollama, here are measured results for short-chat generation.

On Ollama Q4_K_M, llama3.1 (8.0B) is fastest on the RTX 4090 at 137.3 tok/s, 1% faster than the RTX 3090 (136.2 tok/s).

CardDecode tok/sTTFT (110-token prompt)Run
RTX 4090137.3 (single run)409 msr_2np7abzjobe
RTX 3090136.2 (single run)—r_9hurqggbshk

llama3.1 (8.0B), Q4_K_M, Ollama, chat-short, batch 1. Only cards with their standard memory are listed; CPU-only hosts are excluded. A dash marks a first-token time dropped as a cold model load.

Local runs (12 workload results)

Runs from contributors' own machines via MLX, llama.cpp, vLLM, exllamav2, or ollama. Signed on the submitter's hardware.

RTX 4090 (24GB) + AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor (48c) + 252GBRTX 4090 (24GB) + AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor (48c) + 252GB

WorkloadBackendQuantdecode tok/sprefill tok/sTTFTRun
chat-shortollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M137.3tok/s269.1tok/s409msr_2np7abzjobe
chat-longollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M129.2tok/s4,652.7tok/s674msr_2np7abzjobe
concurrent-decodeollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M136.0tok/sno datano datar_2np7abzjobe
agent-traceollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M130.5tok/s3,955.2tok/s429msr_2np7abzjobe

RTX 4090 (48GB) + AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor (128c) + 1008GBRTX 4090 (48GB) + AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor (128c) + 1008GB

WorkloadBackendQuantdecode tok/sprefill tok/sTTFTRun
chat-shortollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M154.4tok/s328.0tok/s335msr_h1ub_1uxzdh
chat-longollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M146.3tok/s5,032.5tok/s623msr_h1ub_1uxzdh
concurrent-decodeollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M154.2tok/sno datano datar_h1ub_1uxzdh
agent-traceollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M149.4tok/s5,377.5tok/s387msr_h1ub_1uxzdh

RTX 3090 (24GB) + AMD EPYC 7663 56-Core Processor (56c) + 252GBRTX 3090 (24GB) + AMD EPYC 7663 56-Core Processor (56c) + 252GB

WorkloadBackendQuantdecode tok/sprefill tok/sTTFTRun
chat-shortollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M136.2tok/s2.20tok/s49,960msr_9hurqggbshk
chat-longollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M127.5tok/s3,004.3tok/s1,044msr_9hurqggbshk
concurrent-decodeollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M133.9tok/sno datano datar_9hurqggbshk
agent-traceollama@0.31.1Q4_K_M127.5tok/s3,475.9tok/s527msr_9hurqggbshk

llama3.1 on hardware