Memory Bandwidth
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Best GPU for Ollama: 8GB to 48GB Cards Compared
Best GPU for Ollama by the two specs that matter: VRAM capacity decides what loads, memory bandwidth decides how fast it answers. Compared by tier.
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Ollama on Apple Silicon: Unified Memory Sizing
Ollama on Apple Silicon: how much unified memory a model actually gets, what each M-series chip's bandwidth means for speed, and which Mac to size for.
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Ollama Tokens per Second: What Sets Your Speed
Ollama tokens per second explained: how memory bandwidth, quantisation, and context length set generation rate, plus how to measure your own numbers.
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Ollama Without a GPU: CPU-Only Speed and RAM
Ollama without a GPU: what CPU-only inference costs in tokens per second, how much system RAM each model class needs, and when it is still worth running.