How fast is LlamaStash? Overhead, throughput, and a fair comparison with Ollama and LM Studio
LlamaStash, a new wrapper for running local LLMs, has been benchmarked against Ollama and LM Studio, demonstrating comparable or superior performance. The wrapper adds no measurable overhead compared to running llama-server directly, and even offers slight speed improvements with its default settings. Ollama was found to be significantly slower, particularly in RAG prefill tasks, while LM Studio exhibited stability issues and a notable delay in its first token response. AI
IMPACT Provides performance data for local LLM inference tools, aiding operators in choosing efficient setups.