Benchmarking Local LLM Servers: llama.cpp, llamafile, LM Studio, and Ollama

Benchmarking Local LLM Servers evaluates llama.cpp, llamafile, LM Studio, and Ollama across Mac, Linux, and Steam Deck. The study reveals build flags and configurations drive up to 63% performance gains, whereas underlying engines perform similarly due to a shared llama.cpp core.