llama.cpp's MTP update speeds up token generation by up to 2x
New PR boosts multi-token prediction, reducing latency by 40%.
Deep Dive
Pull request #23269 has been submitted to the llama.cpp repository by user PixelatedCaffeine.
Key Points
- PR #23269 improves Multi-Token Prediction (MTP) speed by up to 2x on consumer GPUs.
- Reduces peak memory usage for MTP speculative decoding by up to 30%.
- Backward-compatible; requires recompiling llama.cpp and using `--mtp` flag.
Why It Matters
Faster local inference enables real-time AI assistants and lowers cloud dependency costs for edge ML workflows.