#!/usr/bin/env bash # bench-engines — compare decode/prefill throughput of Ollama vs # llama.cpp (kyuz0 toolbox) on the SAME GGUF on gfx1151. # # Why this exists. The GGUF-tier consolidation decision (see the # framework README "Inference engine consolidation") hinges on one # hardware-specific unknown: how close is Ollama's bundled llama.cpp to # the gfx1151-tuned kyuz0 build on *this* box? If decode t/s is within # ~10-15 %, Ollama's convenience wins (it auto-swaps, so no llama-swap # needed). If kyuz0's rocWMMA flash-attention lead is large, that argues # for keeping llama.cpp behind llama-swap. This measures it. # # Method. Serves the identical GGUF on each engine in isolation (the # other GGUF engine + 235b are stopped so nothing competes for the # arena), warms up, then runs R raw-completion trials at a fixed decode # length. Reads each engine's own authoritative timing fields — no # token-counting guesswork: # - llama.cpp /completion → .timings.{prompt,predicted}_per_second # - Ollama /api/generate → {prompt_eval,eval}_{count,duration} # Uses raw prompts (no chat template) on both for an apples-to-apples # prompt-in / tokens-out measurement. # # Run ON THE BOX (hits localhost + docker). Requires jq. # # Usage: # bench-engines # bench the model llama.yml serves # bench-engines status # show what's currently GPU-resident # BENCH_RUNS=5 bench-engines # more trials (default 3) # # To bench a different model (e.g. Qwen3.6-27B): point compose/llama.yml # at the new GGUF, set GGUF below to match, redeploy, rerun. set -euo pipefail COMPOSE_ROOT="/srv/docker" RUNS="${BENCH_RUNS:-3}" N_PREDICT="${BENCH_N_PREDICT:-256}" WAIT_TIMEOUT="${BENCH_WAIT_TIMEOUT:-600}" # Must match the GGUF that compose/llama.yml serves — this is the file # registered into Ollama so both engines run identical weights. The # path is the in-container path (/models is bind-mounted into both). GGUF="${BENCH_GGUF:-/models/qwen/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf}" OLLAMA_BENCH_MODEL="bench-engines" # A fixed, moderately long prompt so prefill is measurable. Decode is the # number that actually decides the consolidation (bandwidth-bound). read -r -d '' PROMPT <<'EOF' || true You are a careful systems engineer. Explain, in detail and step by step, how a unified-memory APU shares a single physical RAM pool between the CPU and an integrated GPU, what a GTT aperture is, why demand paging matters for large language model weights, and how this differs from a discrete GPU with dedicated VRAM. Be thorough and precise. EOF LLAMA_URL="http://127.0.0.1:8080" OLLAMA_URL="http://127.0.0.1:11434" need() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "bench-engines: missing '$1'" >&2; exit 1; }; } need jq need curl is_running() { docker inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "$1" 2>/dev/null | grep -q true; } is_healthy() { curl -fsS --max-time 5 "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; } down() { local dir="$COMPOSE_ROOT/$1" is_running "$1" || return 0 echo " stopping $1" (cd "$dir" && docker compose down >/dev/null 2>&1) } up_wait() { local svc="$1" health="$2" deadline=$(( SECONDS + WAIT_TIMEOUT )) echo " starting $svc" (cd "$COMPOSE_ROOT/$svc" && docker compose up -d >/dev/null 2>&1) printf " waiting for health" while ! is_healthy "$health"; do (( SECONDS > deadline )) && { echo " TIMEOUT"; docker logs --tail 20 "$svc" >&2; exit 1; } sleep 5; printf "." done echo " ok" } # --- isolation: only the engine under test is GPU-resident ------------ isolate_for() { case "$1" in llama) down ollama; down qwen3-235b; down kimi-linear ;; ollama) down llama; down qwen3-235b; down kimi-linear ;; esac } # --- register the GGUF into Ollama (idempotent) ----------------------- register_ollama_model() { if docker exec ollama ollama list 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^${OLLAMA_BENCH_MODEL}"; then echo " ollama model '${OLLAMA_BENCH_MODEL}' already registered" return 0 fi echo " registering ${OLLAMA_BENCH_MODEL} from ${GGUF}" # FROM the in-container GGUF path; num_ctx/kv match llama.yml so the # comparison stays fair. printf 'FROM %s\nPARAMETER num_ctx 65536\n' "$GGUF" \ | docker exec -i ollama ollama create "${OLLAMA_BENCH_MODEL}" -f - } # --- one trial; echoes "prefill_tps decode_tps" ----------------------- trial_llama() { local body resp body=$(jq -n --arg p "$PROMPT" --argjson n "$N_PREDICT" \ '{prompt:$p, n_predict:$n, temperature:0, cache_prompt:false}') resp=$(curl -fsS --max-time 300 "$LLAMA_URL/completion" \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$body") echo "$resp" | jq -r '"\(.timings.prompt_per_second) \(.timings.predicted_per_second)"' } trial_ollama() { local body resp body=$(jq -n --arg m "$OLLAMA_BENCH_MODEL" --arg p "$PROMPT" --argjson n "$N_PREDICT" \ '{model:$m, prompt:$p, raw:true, stream:false, options:{temperature:0, num_predict:$n}}') resp=$(curl -fsS --max-time 300 "$OLLAMA_URL/api/generate" \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$body") # durations are ns; t/s = count / (duration/1e9) echo "$resp" | jq -r ' "\(.prompt_eval_count / (.prompt_eval_duration/1e9)) \(.eval_count / (.eval_duration/1e9))"' } # --- run R trials, print per-trial + mean decode ---------------------- bench() { local engine="$1" trialfn="$2" echo " warmup..."; "$trialfn" >/dev/null local sum_pp=0 sum_tg=0 for i in $(seq 1 "$RUNS"); do read -r pp tg < <("$trialfn") printf " trial %d: prefill %6.1f t/s decode %6.2f t/s\n" "$i" "$pp" "$tg" sum_pp=$(echo "$sum_pp + $pp" | bc -l) sum_tg=$(echo "$sum_tg + $tg" | bc -l) done MEAN_PP=$(echo "scale=1; $sum_pp / $RUNS" | bc -l) MEAN_TG=$(echo "scale=2; $sum_tg / $RUNS" | bc -l) printf " %s mean: prefill %s t/s decode %s t/s\n" "$engine" "$MEAN_PP" "$MEAN_TG" } if [[ "${1:-}" == "status" ]]; then for c in ollama llama kimi-linear qwen3-235b; do is_running "$c" && echo "$c: up" || echo "$c: down" done exit 0 fi need bc echo "== llama.cpp (kyuz0 ${GGUF##*/}) ==" isolate_for llama up_wait llama "$LLAMA_URL/health" bench "llama.cpp" trial_llama LLAMA_TG="$MEAN_TG" down llama echo echo "== Ollama (same GGUF) ==" isolate_for ollama up_wait ollama "$OLLAMA_URL/api/tags" register_ollama_model bench "ollama" trial_ollama OLLAMA_TG="$MEAN_TG" echo echo "== Verdict ==" # Ollama as % of llama.cpp decode throughput. PCT=$(echo "scale=1; 100 * $OLLAMA_TG / $LLAMA_TG" | bc -l) printf " llama.cpp decode: %s t/s\n ollama decode: %s t/s (%s%% of llama.cpp)\n" \ "$LLAMA_TG" "$OLLAMA_TG" "$PCT" echo echo " Guidance: Ollama >=85% of llama.cpp -> option 1 (Ollama + vLLM," echo " drop standalone llama.cpp; Ollama self-swaps, no llama-swap)." echo " Larger gap -> option 2 (keep llama.cpp" echo " behind llama-swap with coexistence groups; drop Ollama)."