#local LLM

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Chart-style hero comparing Apple Silicon memory bandwidth and measured tokens per second against hosted API token costs

AI & Cloud Infrastructure · Aug 4, 2026 · 14 min read

Apple Silicon vs cloud APIs in 2026: the local LLM break-even, with real benchmarks

Published benchmark data, Apple's own specifications and one hosted price list are enough to work out when buying a Mac beats renting tokens. The answer depends on prefill, not generation, and most of the M5 numbers

Manu Shukla

#local LLM #Apple Silicon #inference-cost

Dense server rack with rows of glowing blue and green indicator lights in a dark data hall

AI & Cloud Infrastructure · Jul 18, 2026 · 10 min read

Local LLMs in production (2026): vLLM vs Ollama vs LM Studio, benchmarked

vLLM, Ollama and LM Studio solve different problems. Red Hat measured vLLM at 793 tokens/s versus Ollama's 41, and local inference costs about $0.18-0.29 per million tokens. Throughput, GPU cost, and when each wins.

Manu Shukla

#vLLM #Ollama #LM Studio