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Apple adds GPU support for M3 Max, M5 and M5 Pro in llama.cpp

Apple's M3 Max, M5, and M5 Pro GPUs now have optimized fa-vec tunings in llama.cpp. The M5 Pro tuning includes support for 20 GPU cores.

28 Aug 20261 verified claims1 sources1 observations
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The official source reports this update: b10668: metal : add fa-vec tunings for M3 Max, M5 and M5 Pro. metal : add fa-vec tunings for M3 Max, M5 and M5 Pro ( #27863 ) metal : add fa-vec tunings for M5 This is a followup contribution to efeda76 as requested in https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/discussions/27668 to add support for additional Apple GPUs.

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This official update documents a development concerning b10668: metal : add fa-vec tunings for M3 Max, M5 and M5 Pro. Its practical significance depends on the scope and evidence stated by the source.

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