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I added INT8-activation prefill kernels to oMLX for Qwen3.5/3.6/3.8 models, what models should I add next?

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A PR I made just merged that adds INT8-activation prefill kernels on the M5 path for Qwen3.5/3.6/3.8. It's on 0.7.0.dev2. It gets around 34% faster prefill speeds on M5 series chips with minimal accuracy loss (check PR thread for details). It’s opt in as an experimental feature. PR: https://github.…

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  1. 2026-09-13 04:21 · r/LocalLLM
    I added INT8-activation prefill kernels to oMLX for Qwen3.5/3.6/3.8 models, what models should I add next?

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