You can expect around 55-60t/s with Qwen3.5:35b-a3b or gemma4:26b-a4b Q4

Qwen3.5/3.6 are really prone to looping and 'overthinking'. Gemma4 doesn't seem to have the same problems.

Gemma also doesn't have the same 'agentic' capabilities of qwen3.6.

Simple test failed: sending "1","2","3" as separate messages using an openclaw harness.

I tested a few other "follow these instructions" tests. Qwen3.5/6 were able to follow along, gemma was not able to.

Why not 35b-a3b? ...or gemma4:26b-a4b? Both will be more capable than 9b and run at roughly similar (perhaps faster) speeds

It's gotten significantly better with the advent of local/offline MoE models (e.g. qwen3.5:35b-a3b, qwen3:30b-a3b, gpt-oss:20b-3.6b), which offer a good balance of prompt response speed and output quality.

'Dense' models of yesteryear (e.g. llama:70b, gemma2/3:27b) tend to be significantly slower by comparison, therefore, your hardware spends a lot more time 'maxed out' for a given prompt.

OVH is nearly doubling their some of their VPS pricing soon.

100%. Roku's privacy policy is the most wildly invasive thing I've ever seen - basically everything that used to be just conspiracy theory.

Nice. Looks like it was peaking around 21:00 - 22:00 local time, got pretty intense for a while.

Yep.

Manufacturers ditching Apple Carplay/Android Auto support will, if not immediately, inevitably pursue rent-seeking behavior in the form of paid subscriptions for services people could otherwise just have for free (and likely better) via phone.

It is a crazy step for GM in particular because it is not like they have any distinct advantages or differentiators as an automaker. Rivian and Tesla have specific niche appeal. I am not sure anyone is clamoring for a Chevy in the same way. Lack of Apple car play is a feature your average user will be aware of and consider when purchasing a new car.

GMs top end vehicles have been plagued with exploding engines recently so to remove CarPlay is a crazy move. I wonder how much additional revenue they expect from pushing ads and their shitty infotainment experience

...they're not. This is a release of a 14" with the base M5, alongside the other existing M4 Pro/Max models.

The Pro/Max rollout tends to lag behind by about 6 months.

Good chance they'll introduce it with the upcoming M5 Pro/Max; the non-pro/max devices always tended to be a little lower spec all around.