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Cross-host Gemma 4 throughput comparison across three architectures. Harness at scripts/gpu-bakeoff/; writeup at docs/reference/gpu-bakeoff-2026-04-20.md. Key findings: - RTX 3090 Ti wins decode decisively (128 tok/s on gemma4:26b MoE Q4, ~4.7× faster than gemma4:31b dense on the same card). - AMD Strix Halo iGPU lands at ~42% of 3090 Ti decode on ~25% of the memory bandwidth — good SIMD utilization, especially for MoE. - V100 numbers are DEGRADED: CT 167 ai-visualizer SDXL consumes 31/32 GB of its VRAM, forcing Gemma 4 models 95% onto CPU. Isolated V100 run requires SDXL eviction — left as follow-up. - MoE vs dense is the dominant latency factor across all GPUs: ~4 B active params of gemma4:26b beats 31.3 B active of gemma4:31b by the same ratio (~4.7×) on every card tested. Methodology: 1 warmup + 3 measurement runs per (host × model × prompt-length), Ollama's canonical timing fields, temp=0 greedy, num_predict=256. All three Ollama servers accessed via HTTP (Strix via Tailscale). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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9.5 KiB
Python
243 lines
9.5 KiB
Python
"""GPU bakeoff harness — Gemma 4 throughput across heterogeneous GPUs.
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Measures prefill rate, decode rate, load time, and wall-clock across
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three hosts:
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- steel141 : RTX 3090 Ti (24 GB GDDR6X, compute 8.6, ~1008 GB/s)
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- pve197 : Tesla V100-PCIE-32GB (32 GB HBM2, compute 7.0, ~900 GB/s)
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- matt-strix: AMD Strix Halo iGPU (shared LPDDR5X, ~256 GB/s)
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Per (host, model, prompt_length), runs 1 warmup + N measurement runs,
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records Ollama's canonical timing fields, and writes one JSON trace to
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`runs/<host>/<model>/<prompt_len>.json`.
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All three Ollama servers are polled via HTTP; no SSH required. All
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timings come from Ollama's own /api/generate response fields so wall-
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clock jitter between the harness and the server is excluded.
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Invocation:
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python3 harness.py --host steel141 --model gemma4:26b --prompt short
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python3 harness.py all # runs the full planned matrix
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"""
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from __future__ import annotations
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import argparse
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import json
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import sys
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import time
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import urllib.request
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from pathlib import Path
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HOSTS = {
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"steel141": {"url": "http://127.0.0.1:11434", "gpu": "RTX 3090 Ti", "vram_gb": 24},
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"pve197": {"url": "http://192.168.0.179:11434", "gpu": "Tesla V100-PCIE-32GB", "vram_gb": 32},
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"matt-strix": {"url": "http://100.117.155.64:11434", "gpu": "AMD Strix Halo iGPU", "vram_gb": None},
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}
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# Per-host model tag mapping. matt-strix uses gemma4:31b, the others
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# use gemma4:31b-it-q4_K_M — identical weights, different tags.
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MODEL_ALIASES = {
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"gemma4:26b": {"steel141": "gemma4:26b", "pve197": "gemma4:26b", "matt-strix": "gemma4:26b"},
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"gemma4:31b": {"steel141": "gemma4:31b-it-q4_K_M", "pve197": "gemma4:31b-it-q4_K_M", "matt-strix": "gemma4:31b"},
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# V100-only edge case — only 32 GB host has headroom for the Q8 MoE.
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"gemma4:26b-q8": {"pve197": "gemma4:26b-a4b-it-q8_0"},
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}
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PROMPTS = {
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"short": "Write exactly one sentence summarizing how a transformer language model works.",
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"long": (
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"You are reviewing a short technical passage and must produce a concise summary.\n\n"
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"Passage:\n"
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"Modern large language models are trained using a combination of self-supervised "
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"pretraining on vast text corpora and subsequent instruction-tuning on curated "
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"prompt-response pairs. The pretraining stage exposes the model to diverse writing "
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"styles, factual information, and reasoning patterns, but leaves it largely unaware "
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"of how to follow user instructions. Instruction-tuning, typically via supervised "
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"fine-tuning (SFT) followed by a preference-optimization stage such as Direct "
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"Preference Optimization (DPO) or Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), "
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"aligns the model's behavior with human expectations. This two-stage recipe — "
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"massive pretraining plus alignment — has become the dominant paradigm for open "
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"and closed foundation models alike. Variants exist: some models add a midtraining "
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"stage between the two for curriculum or skill rebalancing; others use constitutional "
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"methods or reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards. For specialized domains "
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"like code or math, domain-specific SFT datasets and reward models are commonly "
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"layered on top of a general-purpose base. Throughout the process, the model's "
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"parameters remain fixed in architecture but shift substantially in value, with "
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"alignment stages typically touching a small fraction of the parameter space "
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"compared to the changes induced by pretraining.\n\n"
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"Task: Summarize the passage above in exactly three sentences, covering (1) what "
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"pretraining does, (2) what instruction-tuning does, and (3) why both stages are "
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"necessary in modern LLM recipes."
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),
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}
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def _gen(url: str, model: str, prompt: str, num_predict: int, num_ctx: int, keep_alive: str) -> dict:
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"""Single /api/generate call, stream=False, greedy decoding."""
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payload = {
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"model": model,
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"prompt": prompt,
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"stream": False,
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"options": {
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"num_ctx": num_ctx,
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"num_predict": num_predict,
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"temperature": 0.0,
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"top_k": 1,
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},
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"keep_alive": keep_alive,
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}
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req = urllib.request.Request(
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f"{url}/api/generate",
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data=json.dumps(payload).encode(),
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headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
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)
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t0 = time.time()
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with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=600) as r:
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d = json.loads(r.read())
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d["_harness_wall_s"] = round(time.time() - t0, 3)
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return d
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def _metrics(d: dict) -> dict:
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"""Extract canonical rates from Ollama's response.
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Fields (all nanoseconds unless noted):
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total_duration — end-to-end, including load
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load_duration — time to load model into memory
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prompt_eval_count — input tokens
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prompt_eval_duration — time to prefill
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eval_count — output tokens
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eval_duration — time to decode
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"""
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pec = d.get("prompt_eval_count") or 0
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ped = d.get("prompt_eval_duration") or 0
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ec = d.get("eval_count") or 0
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ed = d.get("eval_duration") or 0
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total = d.get("total_duration") or 0
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load = d.get("load_duration") or 0
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prefill_rate = (pec / (ped / 1e9)) if ped else None
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decode_rate = (ec / (ed / 1e9)) if ed else None
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return {
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"prompt_tokens": pec,
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"prompt_eval_ms": round(ped / 1e6, 1) if ped else None,
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"prefill_tok_per_s": round(prefill_rate, 2) if prefill_rate else None,
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"output_tokens": ec,
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"eval_ms": round(ed / 1e6, 1) if ed else None,
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"decode_tok_per_s": round(decode_rate, 2) if decode_rate else None,
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"load_ms": round(load / 1e6, 1) if load else None,
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"total_ms": round(total / 1e6, 1) if total else None,
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"harness_wall_s": d.get("_harness_wall_s"),
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"done_reason": d.get("done_reason"),
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}
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def run_matrix(
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host: str,
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model_alias: str,
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prompt_key: str,
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num_predict: int = 256,
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num_ctx: int = 4096,
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runs: int = 3,
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) -> dict:
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host_cfg = HOSTS[host]
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model_tag = MODEL_ALIASES[model_alias].get(host)
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if not model_tag:
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return {"host": host, "model_alias": model_alias, "skipped": "model not available on host"}
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prompt = PROMPTS[prompt_key]
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url = host_cfg["url"]
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trace = {
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"host": host,
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"gpu": host_cfg["gpu"],
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"vram_gb": host_cfg["vram_gb"],
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"model_alias": model_alias,
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"model_tag": model_tag,
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"prompt_key": prompt_key,
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"prompt_chars": len(prompt),
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"num_predict": num_predict,
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"num_ctx": num_ctx,
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"runs": [],
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"warmup": None,
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}
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# Warmup — discarded. First call absorbs model load time.
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try:
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w = _gen(url, model_tag, prompt, num_predict=num_predict, num_ctx=num_ctx, keep_alive="10m")
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trace["warmup"] = _metrics(w)
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except Exception as e:
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trace["error"] = f"warmup failed: {e}"
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return trace
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# Measurement runs.
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for i in range(runs):
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try:
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r = _gen(url, model_tag, prompt, num_predict=num_predict, num_ctx=num_ctx, keep_alive="10m")
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trace["runs"].append(_metrics(r))
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except Exception as e:
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trace["runs"].append({"error": str(e)})
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# Aggregate.
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valid = [r for r in trace["runs"] if r.get("decode_tok_per_s") is not None]
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if valid:
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def _vals(k): return [r[k] for r in valid if r.get(k) is not None]
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def _stats(xs):
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if not xs: return None
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s = sorted(xs)
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return {"min": s[0], "median": s[len(s)//2], "max": s[-1], "n": len(s)}
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trace["summary"] = {
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"prefill_tok_per_s": _stats(_vals("prefill_tok_per_s")),
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"decode_tok_per_s": _stats(_vals("decode_tok_per_s")),
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"total_ms": _stats(_vals("total_ms")),
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}
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return trace
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def _run_one(host: str, model: str, prompt: str, out_dir: Path, runs: int) -> None:
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t = run_matrix(host, model, prompt, runs=runs)
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safe_model = model.replace(":", "-").replace("/", "-")
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path = out_dir / host / safe_model / f"{prompt}.json"
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path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
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path.write_text(json.dumps(t, indent=2))
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s = t.get("summary") or {}
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dec = s.get("decode_tok_per_s") or {}
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pre = s.get("prefill_tok_per_s") or {}
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skipped = t.get("skipped") or t.get("error")
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if skipped:
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print(f"[{host:10s}] {model:16s} {prompt:6s} — {skipped}")
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else:
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print(f"[{host:10s}] {model:16s} {prompt:6s} — "
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f"prefill={pre.get('median','?'):>7} tok/s "
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f"decode={dec.get('median','?'):>6} tok/s")
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def main() -> int:
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ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
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ap.add_argument("--host", choices=list(HOSTS) + ["all"], default="all")
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ap.add_argument("--model", choices=list(MODEL_ALIASES) + ["all"], default="all")
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ap.add_argument("--prompt", choices=list(PROMPTS) + ["all"], default="all")
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ap.add_argument("--runs", type=int, default=3)
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ap.add_argument("--out-dir", type=Path, default=Path(__file__).parent / "runs")
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args = ap.parse_args()
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hosts = list(HOSTS) if args.host == "all" else [args.host]
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models = list(MODEL_ALIASES) if args.model == "all" else [args.model]
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prompts = list(PROMPTS) if args.prompt == "all" else [args.prompt]
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for host in hosts:
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for model in models:
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for prompt in prompts:
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_run_one(host, model, prompt, args.out_dir, args.runs)
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return 0
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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sys.exit(main())
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