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Mar 28, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

vLLM, llama.cpp, and MLX Embrace Google’s TurboQuant: 8× Memory Savings for Local LLMs

The article reviews how the leading LLM inference frameworks—oMLX, mlx‑vlm, llama.cpp, and vLLM—are integrating Google’s TurboQuant compression, showing up to 79% KV‑cache memory reduction, near‑full‑precision decoding speed, and detailed integration steps for each project.