MoE Performs Faster in Local Bandwidth-Constrained Scenarios
drdanielbender · x · 2026-07-17
Mixture-of-Experts models perform better in local bandwidth-constrained environments.
The post provides real measurements: on Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / 128GB, Qwen3.6 27B runs at 20 tok/s, while Qwen3.6 35B A3B achieves 58.1 tok/s, about 2.9x faster.
The author notes this comparison was done using Ollama Model Speed Duel and thanks its creator.
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