An 8.6 GB model that serves only 7 requests per second: The Inference Wall, part 1
sudomax · hn · 2026-08-26
Part 1 of the "Inference Wall" series uses a striking data point—an 8.6GB model serving only 7 requests per second—to dissect performance bottlenecks in LLM inference serving. Starting from the fundamentals of inference throughput, it examines the tension between model size, memory bandwidth, and concurrency, explaining why even small models hit the inference wall.
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