llama.cpp Optimizations & New Qwopus3.5-9B GGUF Model Boost Local AI Performance

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Llama.cpp Optimizations & New Qwopus3.5-9B GGUF Model Boost Local AI Performance Today's Highlights This week, llama.cpp sees significant performance gains with MTP optimizations and prompt decode improvements, enabling faster local inference. Additionally, a new Qwopus3.5-9B-Coder GGUF model targets agentic coding, expanding open-weight capabilities on consumer hardware. Testing llama.cpp MTP on Qwen3.6 (r/LocalLLaMA)