alt Hacker NewsI run the same setup Gemma 4 26B on a 2013 Mac Pro (dual graphics cards but they're useless for this). I also get about 5 t/s. It's perfectly serviceable for some tasks!
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kzrdude • today at 6:37 PM
What is it useful for at slow speed?
I run the same setup Gemma 4 26B on a 2013 Mac Pro (dual graphics cards but they're useless for this). I also get about 5 t/s. It's perfectly serviceable for some tasks!
What is it useful for at slow speed?
I bought a trashcan Mac Pro on a whim last week ($120 in eBay!) and did some reading about them—it turns out people recently started using the GPUs to run models @ 20-30 tok/s.
I'm excited to get my mitts on it on Friday when it finally arrives.
Here's some of the resources I came across if you're interested in reading.
https://echalupa.com/blog/mac-pro-6-1-llama-cpp-firepro-d300...
https://matthewgribben.com/blog/mac-pro-6-1-llama-cpp-firepr...