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Kapitsa inference engine boosts Apple Silicon performance for Qwen, Nemotron models

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The Kapitsa inference engine, optimized for Apple Silicon, has released an update (0.2.26) that improves performance for several large language models. Notably, Qwen Flash-Next 180B now offers faster prompt reading and can run with SSD offloading on systems with less RAM. The engine also supports running models like Clover 35B locally, with benchmarks showing competitive token generation speeds across various models and context lengths on a MacBook Pro M5 Max. AI

IMPACT Enhances local LLM execution on Apple Silicon, enabling larger models and faster inference for users.

RANK_REASON Update to an open-source inference engine for local LLM execution.

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Kapitsa inference engine boosts Apple Silicon performance for Qwen, Nemotron models

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/DotaMate ·

    Benchmarking: Qwen 27B, 35B, QFN180B; Nemotron Bolt 74B, Flint40B & Clover 35B (Q4) on M5 Max 2026 on Kapitsa with KFlash [P]

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1xljter/benchmarking_qwen_27b_35b_qfn180b_nemotron_bolt/"> <img alt="Benchmarking: Qwen 27B, 35B, QFN180B; Nemotron Bolt 74B, Flint40B &amp; Clover 35B (Q4) on M5 Max 2026 on Kapitsa with KFlash [P]" src=…

  2. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/DotaMate ·

    Benchmarking: Qwen 27B, 35B, QFN180B; Nemotron Bolt 74B, Flint40B & Clover 35B (Q4 + KFlash) on MacBook M5 Max 2026 with Kapitsa (Apple Silicon Inference Engine)

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1xlgu8m/benchmarking_qwen_27b_35b_qfn180b_nemotron_bolt/"> <img alt="Benchmarking: Qwen 27B, 35B, QFN180B; Nemotron Bolt 74B, Flint40B &amp; Clover 35B (Q4 + KFlash) on MacBook M5 Max 2026 with Kapitsa (Apple …

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