Rapid-MLX 0.16.7: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash decodes ~2x faster on Mac
Rapid-MLX 0.16.7 speeds up its GPTQ v2 quant of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 to 33–45 tok/s single-stream on an M3 Ultra via lighter drafting, fused mixed-bit MoE and a once-per-verify vocab head.
Rapid-MLX 0.16.7 is out: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash runs up to ~2x faster on a Mac. Our quant of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 (GPTQ v2) now decodes at 33–45 tok/s single-stream on an M3 Ultra. Same weights, faster engine: lighter drafting, fused mixed-bit MoE, and a vocab head read once per verify round. Every token is still verified by the full model. pip install -U rapid-mlx rapid-mlx serve deepseek-v41-flash-1017 Try it out: https://rapidmlx.com/download
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