antirez: Prefill Speed Matters More Than Generation Speed for Local LLMs

Redis author antirez argues that tokens-per-second is the wrong metric for local LLM inference; the real differentiator is minimizing the thinking phase and accelerating prefill, with 20-30 t/s generation being sufficient.

2026-09-29 ~ 2026-09-29 · 2 related posts

• antirez: stop obsessing over t/s — short thinking phases and fast prefill are what matter — antirez · 2026-09-29
• antirez: stop chasing tokens/s — fast prefill and short thinking beat 20-30 t/s myths — antirez · 2026-09-29