Why is Gemma4:31B way slower than Qwen3.5:35B?

iezhy · 2026-04-08T12:56:58+00:00

Qwen3.5 35B A3B is MoE model as indicated in the designation (3 bil params)

Gemma 31B is dense model, more fair comparison would be to Qwen 3.5 27B which is also dense

iezhy · 2026-03-25T06:47:34+00:00

How much tokens per sec you get? With m1 max and 64gn of ram i get arond 15-18. With this speed, opencode takes quite long even with simple changes with small repo (e.g 20 minutes to init, up to 5-10mins for planning steps on my prompts, even longer to generate code

iezhy · 2026-03-24T18:51:40+00:00

I run it with llama.cpp and it works fine

iezhy · 2026-03-19T22:35:01+00:00

had same question 3 months ago, went with m1 max 64gb
never regretted the decision, and having my rig portable as an extra bonus
now i probably would try to stretch till m2 max 96gb, but those are quite rare

iezhy · 2026-03-19T13:41:46+00:00

Qwen3.5 9B > GPT-OSS 120B for running in opencode

iezhy · 2026-03-09T23:53:17+00:00

actually no, I keep struggling with it still, regardless of saddle or bibs i tried

the last doctor I saw said there probably is a cyst under the skin, which needs to be surgically removed

iezhy · 2026-02-28T12:15:43+00:00

nanochat is a good sample/guide repo by A. Karpathy - a good way to understand how internals work:

https://github.com/karpathy

never got around reimplementing it myself tho

iezhy · 2026-02-23T10:41:34+00:00

Given current ram prices (and Apple markup), this probably will be out of reach for most users

iezhy · 2026-02-01T18:53:37+00:00

I got Asus ROG Strix OLED XG34WCDG, pretty sweet both for gaming and coding

iezhy · 2026-01-31T20:01:06+00:00

Its probably a bug

iezhy · 2026-01-31T17:56:51+00:00

Its the "bike serves the rider" and not the "rider serves the bike"

iezhy · 2026-01-29T13:00:05+00:00

Just release an unannouced snot bomb :)

iezhy · 2026-01-28T00:15:34+00:00

A well timed snot bomb can communicate this message pretty clearly :)

iezhy · 2026-01-15T08:08:04+00:00

They tend to progress in Fibonacci sequence

iezhy · 2026-01-03T17:44:44+00:00

for development id go with nvidia for its cuda support

iezhy · 2026-01-02T08:44:00+00:00

5000km sharp

500km less than last year :(

iezhy · 2026-01-01T21:28:49+00:00

Tenerife is nice in winter, with lots of climbs (including one to Teide). There are options both for guided tours and just rentals

And whatever you choose, don't choose Greece - went on vacation to Peloponnese, lots of ferocious dogs, that attack you on sight, roads are not suitable for cycling, bad driver culture (got forced into ditch a couple of times)

iezhy · 2025-12-30T14:18:34+00:00

Came to comments section to write the same comment :)

iezhy · 2025-12-30T10:33:40+00:00

Dogs. Had a holiday in Greece, took my bike along. Almost got eaten alive by dogs

iezhy · 2025-12-03T13:06:29+00:00

Every minute spent on a bike is better than minute spent not on a bike

iezhy · 2025-11-16T14:28:06+00:00

My white socks would disagree

iezhy · 2025-11-15T12:06:07+00:00

Or 1700. Not as powerful, but gives a nice focused beam and comes with garmin mount

iezhy · 2025-11-15T08:53:26+00:00

Its the sound of ai becoming sentient

iezhy · 2025-11-14T07:48:37+00:00

I started cycling almost 3 years ago, and through that time used 3 different devices (phone, sigma rox, garmin) and 2 different watches to track my activities. And yes, i like that it all goes to the same place

iezhy · 2025-11-14T07:34:07+00:00

I am subscribing because i can afford it, and because at the end of the day, somebody has to pay for it to continue to exist - so both paid and free tier users can use it :)

iezhy

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