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ExLlamaV2

Also known as: exllama v2 · EXL2

Local

ExLlamaV2 is a high-performance inference engine for CUDA GPUs, with its own EXL2 quantization format.

  • Very fast token generation on a single GPU.
  • EXL2: a compact, high-quality quant.
  • Popular for speed-focused local serving.

When it wins: if raw tokens-per-second on one CUDA GPU is the goal, ExLlamaV2 is a top contender alongside vLLM and llama.cpp.