vLLM AFD tests show 11.3% higher decode throughput and 47% lower TTFT
vllm_project · x · 2026-07-24
This follow-up explains why attention and FFN should be split in MoE serving: attention capacity tracks request state and KV-cache pressure, while expert capacity tracks token routing and load.
The post adds early controlled results on DeepSeek-V3.2 W8A8 with Ascend 910C:
- A 64A/16F layout improves per-die decode throughput by +11.3% at 16K and +9.0% at 32K versus an EP64 baseline.
- CAM async prefill reduces median TTFT by about 47% — from 15.1s to 8.0s — at 12 req/s.
It also notes an important caveat: disaggregation is not always beneficial, and the attention-to-FFN ratio matters; 48A16F falls below baseline.
Related event: vLLM Releases Experimental AFD Plugin to Boost MoE Inference(3 posts)→
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