The fastest I was able to get my Threadripper 3960X + 2x 3090s + 256GB DDR4-3200 to run a 2-bit quant of GLM-5.2 was 8 TPS. I would expect to be in seconds-per-token territory for a pure-CPU 4-bit quant.
replyOne thing I'd like to try is MoE offloading: I have 2x32 GiB of VRAM and 128 GiB of DDR5 running at 4800 MT/s (only 2 channels though). I've seen people post difficult to believe MoE offloading results albeit a decently long time ago with older models. Maybe there is a quant that would fit with MoE offloading?
replyThat said, I am guessing my problem is not enough RAM - but this poor consumer platform struggles to do memory training with 128 GiB as it is.
Now I surely regret not having gotten Threadripper and 256 GiB of RAM in the before-times.
My measurement was with MoE offloading, but there's only so much you can keep on-GPU with a 200GB quant and 48GB of VRAM. It's hard to overcome the CPU/RAM bottleneck.
replyFor what it's worth, all of my hardware was used; I think, all-in, I'm probably at around 3k-4k USD? Not cheap, but also not the worst for something relatively versatile.
Ah, I see - so MoE offloading is no savior. A shame but no surprise either.
replyWith a 4-bit quant of GLM-5.2, I can get about 0.8-1.1 tok/s on an underclocked dual Xeon E5-2698 v4 with 512GiB of DDR4-2400. I think it was specifically a Q4_K_M quant. Of course, the time-to-first-token is absolutely atrocious.
replyWhich is completely insane for a ten year old configuration.
What model are you interested in? DS Flash 0731@Q4KXL I'm about 25-30tps. Same as the new Qwen3.8 Flash Next. The new GLM 5.3Q3KXL at 10tps. I've got 2x3090s which I didn't mention in the original message.
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