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Help me understand why you would bother with llama.cpp if vllm exists

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So most of my time fiddling around with local ai I was using ollama, lm studio before going over to llama.cpp (I know it’s llama.cpp under the hood anyway). Of course I had a bump in speed every time I went up to the more professional option. At last I went to vllm. I understand using llama.cpp for…

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  1. 2026-09-01 08:30 · r/LocalLLM
    Help me understand why you would bother with llama.cpp if vllm exists

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