Jalapeño beats Blackwell on perf/power, but two caveats complicate the comparison
nrehiew_ · x · 2026-10-11
Jalapeño's headline win over Blackwell on perf/power comes with caveats: it uses HBM4, making Rubin the fairer comparison, and the tests weren't run at very long context. On the other hand, Jalapeño's numbers skip speculative decoding and MTP (likely because they don't use it internally), an effective handicap — so the result still carries weight.
Related event: Debate swirls over Jalapeño energy-efficiency claims and MTP usage(4 posts)→
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