Open source inference engine that tunes its kernels on your hardware to find the fastest way to run each model. 2x faster than Ollama. Works on Apple Silicon, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, or just a CPU.
raullenchai/Rapid-MLX
The fastest local AI engine for Apple Silicon. 4.2x faster than Ollama, 0.08s cached TTFT, 100% tool calling. 17 tool parsers, prompt cache, reasoning separation, cloud routing. Drop-in OpenAI replacement. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Aider.
raullenchai/Rapid-MLX
The fastest local AI engine for Apple Silicon. 4.2x faster than Ollama, 0.08s cached TTFT, 100% tool calling. 17 tool parsers, prompt cache, reasoning separation, cloud routing. Drop-in OpenAI replacement. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Aider.
Ollama is now powered by MLX on Apple Silicon in preview· Ollama Blog
Today, we're previewing the fastest way to run Ollama on Apple silicon, powered by MLX, Apple's machine learning framework.
InferenceMAX™: Open Source Inference Benchmarking
NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, AMD MI355X, Throughput Token per GPU, Latency Tok/s/user, Perf per Dollar, Tokens per Provisioned Megawatt, DeepSeek R1 670B, GPTOSS 120B, Llama3 70B
Ollama's new engine for multimodal models· Ollama Blog
Ollama now supports new multimodal models with its new engine.
Open Source AI Inference Benchmark | InferenceX
Compare AI inference performance across GPUs and frameworks. Real benchmarks on NVIDIA GB200, B200, AMD MI355X, and more. Free, open-source, continuously updated.
OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is built for fast inference at scale, benchmarks show | TechCrunch
Tested on SemiAnalysis’ InferenceX benchmark, Jalapeño registered both more tokens per user and more throughput per kilowatt than the currently available state-of-the art.
Open-Source Agentic Inference Benchmark | InferenceX
Compare AgentX, InferenceX's long-context, multi-turn coding scenario, with fixed-sequence AI inference across chips and frameworks. Public NVIDIA and AMD runs update when configurations change.
Jalapeño’s first results show industry-leading speed and efficiency in AI inference
Jalapeño is a custom inference chip from OpenAI that delivers faster, more power-efficient AI inference, with higher throughput and lower latency for modern models.
Open-Source AI & Open Models Reading List
How to get up to speed on open models and their implications.
Ollama
Ollama is the easiest way to automate your work using open models, while keeping your data safe.
TheStage AI – Faster, Cheaper AI Inference
Accelerate models on NVIDIA & edge. Full guides for setup, optimization & deploy. ANNA, QLIP, Elastic Models, CLI & API. Built for AI teams & devs.
vik on Twitter / X
Photon, our inference engine, isn't fast just because of GPU kernels. A lot of the speedup comes from engine-level work: request scheduling, prefix caching, image processing, all tuned to keep the GPU saturated. https://t.co/3M7eFcFKo5— vik (@vikhyatk) May 2, 2026
OpenAI partners with Cerebras
OpenAI partners with Cerebras to add 750MW of high-speed AI compute, reducing inference latency and making ChatGPT faster for real-time AI workloads.
Wafer - Ship the fastest inference in the world
Autonomous AI agents that profile, diagnose, and optimize GPU inference across your entire stack — from kernels to models to production pipelines.
