Community MLX Challenge Pushes Gemma 4 26B to 151% Faster on Mac
TheMoonMidas · x · 2026-09-05
The mlx.fast community challenge for Gemma 4 26B A4B shows the model now runs 151.4% faster on Apple Silicon Macs than at launch, after 138 promoted submissions from 37 solvers.
- Official scoring compares baseline and candidate on the same Mac, combining gains as prefill^0.25 · decode^0.75, so decode speed carries three quarters of the score
- The current record was set by a Claude Opus-generated optimization, with top-5 entries from Claude, Gemini 3.8 Flash and GPT-5.6 Sol
- Gaps between adjacent ranks have narrowed to 0.1%, signaling diminishing low-hanging fruit
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