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gfx906-llama-cpp: New PP/TG gains for MI50/MI60/Radeon VII/AMD GCN

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Time for another update! We have been busy and managed to improve the gains substantially (mostly from exploring existing llama cpp PRs and adopting relevant things). Among other things the README.md was also appended to provide a better overall picture of what’s in the fork, why and from whom. met…

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  1. 2026-09-05 14:42 · r/LocalLLaMA
    gfx906-llama-cpp: New PP/TG gains for MI50/MI60/Radeon VII/AMD GCN

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