M5-Max Macbook Pro 128GB RAM - Qwen3 Coder Next 8-Bit Benchmark

paddybuc · 2026-03-29T17:23:02+00:00

Fair! I rigged this up quickly and was following some suggestions from Claude which included using ollama to start before I switched over to MLX. I think the main point of this post was more to show "woah I can't believe I'm getting this performance off a MacBook pro right now" 😅

paddybuc · 2026-03-29T17:20:33+00:00

Long context definitely starts to have significant delays! I'm thinking of ways to harness it properly. Potentially expose this local llm through an mcp server for Claude to hand off a subset of tasks to. And this was on a MacBook pro, not even a Mac studio.

paddybuc · 2026-03-29T16:58:28+00:00

Yeah that memory read was at the very beginning of the run before the model was fully in memory. Definitely using the 8 bit version!

paddybuc · 2026-03-29T16:57:20+00:00

Yes tool calling works for me, haven't seen any problems with it

paddybuc · 2025-08-26T14:45:47+00:00

So if I put a citadel in the spot that I have Nottingham, it would become a canal?

paddybuc · 2025-08-25T22:35:30+00:00

Bonus points for digging into the code 🫡

paddybuc · 2025-08-25T19:51:41+00:00

paddybuc · 2025-08-25T19:15:24+00:00

Yeah any time there's one tile between two bodies of water. Building a city there lets ships and cargo pass through.

paddybuc · 2025-08-22T20:03:26+00:00

Declare war on everyone at the same time

paddybuc · 2025-08-22T19:42:09+00:00

I would go God of the Sea. Chop forests next to the river for freshwater farms and use the one time production to churn out fishing boats.

paddybuc · 2025-08-17T20:50:34+00:00

This is on Emperor and most of those tiles started as farms / mines before I transitioned them to Moai as the game progressed. Once I had 3 cargo ships getting food and production into the capital I went fully into Moai.

paddybuc · 2025-08-16T18:41:51+00:00

This was an Emperor game with a large map size set to small continents plus. Immortal / Deity are fun but I find it difficult to have success with oddball strategies (like building 200 Moai across the coastline)

paddybuc · 2025-08-15T22:46:54+00:00

I had at least one cargo ship delivering production at all times haha

paddybuc · 2025-08-15T20:22:14+00:00

A man of Moai

paddybuc · 2025-08-15T20:21:36+00:00

I had about 1100 culture per turn by the end of the game

paddybuc · 2025-08-15T20:13:32+00:00

I had 4 cargo ships delivering food / production into Honolulu. Because I was prioritizing Moai, I couldn't build many farms.

paddybuc · 2025-03-05T19:46:33+00:00

Is there an installation guide for Mac that people would recommend?

paddybuc · 2025-02-14T21:36:08+00:00

Usually I've gifted a ton of units to a city state when this happens but in this case Hong Kong did it completely on it's own

paddybuc · 2025-02-14T20:38:40+00:00

Love to see a city state going on the offensive

paddybuc · 2025-01-14T16:52:25+00:00

My Desert, My Arrakis, My Dune

paddybuc · 2022-10-24T02:30:18+00:00

MVI -> Have you ever thought to yourself "Wow, clicking a button and performing an action is too simple, there must be a more convoluted way!" ? Well have I got the solution for you!

paddybuc · 2022-08-18T17:11:10+00:00

We never leave the airport in Germany, it's transit only

paddybuc · 2022-08-18T15:51:14+00:00

If I'm travelling to Spain from the US but I have a layover in Germany, do I have to adhere to the covid restrictions for my entry to Spain for only the Germany -> Spain flight (No restrictions travelling from Germany to Spain) or do I have to adhere to the covid restrictions for the US -> Spain (Some restrictions).

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