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>Oh does llama.cpp use MLX or whatever? No. It runs on MacOS but uses Metal instead of MLX.

• zozbot234 6mo ago
  ANE-powered inference (at least for prefill, which is a key bottleneck on pre-M5 platforms) is also in the works, per https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/10453#issuecomment-4148905254 https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/10453#issuecomm...
• OkGoDoIt 6mo ago
  Is that better or worse?
  • irusensei 6mo ago
    Depends. MLX is faster because it has better integration with Apple hardware. On the other hand GGUF is a far more popular format so there will be more programs and model variety. So its kinda like having a very specific diet that you swear is better for you but you can only order food from a few restaurants.
    • drob518 6mo ago
      But you can always fall back to GGUF while waiting for the world to build a few more MLX restaurants. Or something like that; the analogy is a bit stretched.
      • irusensei 6mo ago
        Yeah I'm terrible with analogies.