Model benchmarks

Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp local LLM performance

As of September 2026, Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp runs at up to 32.0 tok/s for local inference (best of 4 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

27B

Peak speed

32.0 tok/s

Average speed

28.2 tok/s

Avg PP

397.3 tok/s

Min memory

28.4 GB

Max context

262,144 tokens

Avg output / run

51,683 tokens

Avg runtime / run

31m 59s

Avg quality

85.4

Benchmark runs

4

GPUs tested

1

Quality by task

Average LLM-judged quality (0–100) with the run-to-run spread shown as a P5–P95 band, overall and for each benchmark task, across all 4 runs. The low and high columns show how much the judge’s score varies between runs, and need at least two runs to display.

TaskP5 (low)AvgP95 (high)
Overall82.585.487.5
Agent Workflow78.385.090.8
Code Generation74.976.077.5
Role Play & Narrative90.993.394.6
Research & Analysis84.687.390.4

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated September 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
Apple M5 MaxoMLXoQ8e32.0 tok/s28.2 tok/s28.4 GB262,144 tokens85.44

Benchmark runs

All 4 Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp good for coding?
In our benchmarks, Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp scores 76.0/100 for coding. It runs at about 28.2 tok/s, so if you want more speed, local-qwen is faster (~60.2 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (84.8/100).
Is Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp scores 85.0/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 28.2 tok/s, so if you want more speed, granite-4.2-8b-Q4_K_L is faster (~71.6 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (92.9/100).
How fast is Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp for local inference?
Across 4 community benchmark runs, Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp reaches up to 32.0 tok/s and averages 28.2 tok/s, with the fastest results on Apple M5 Max.
How much memory does Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 28.4 GB of memory (quantizations tested: oQ8e).
Which tools have been used to run Hemmingway-1-oQ8e-mtp?
Benchmarks were submitted using oMLX. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.