Topic
Model Testing
5 posts on model testing — guides and lab notes from real runs on hardware we own. New posts land here automatically. Start anywhere, or grab the copy-paste prompts that ship with them.
- 5 min read
Does Ollama Include That New llama.cpp Feature?
A llama.cpp release note does not prove that Ollama can use the feature. I trace the active runtime path, pin versions, and test the same workload.
- 5 min read
My 5090 benchmark was missing the field I needed most
A fresh Qwen3.5 9B run showed 84.94 tok/s, but the useful number was the 6,105 ms load phase. I added phase timings and capture time to the benchmark receipt.
- 6 min read
Search Old Results Before Publishing an LLM Test
An independent QA pass caught my second post about the same Ollama batch sweep. Here is the duplicate check I now run before publishing an LLM result.
- 6 min read
How I Keep LLM Results Valid After a Driver Update
A new GPU snapshot does not refresh an old benchmark. I show how I bind driver, runtime, workload, and timestamps to each local LLM result.
- 6 min read
Why I Benchmark Local LLM Input and Output Separately
My RTX 5090 runs show why model loading, prompt ingestion, token generation, and task checks need separate measurements before production use.
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