How and Why Local LLMs Perform On Framework 13 AMD Strix Point
Summary
This article provides a detailed hardware-centric benchmark of local LLMs running on Framework 13 AMD Strix Point, with step-by-step measurements across Vulkan, ROCm, and CPU paths. It highlights memory bandwidth as the primary determinant of inference speed, discusses power profile effects, and introduces speculative decoding as a practical optimization to boost throughput.