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Release Wed, May 27, 2026 1 min read

llama.cpp b9368

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vulkan: Switch MUL_MAT_VEC to 4 K per iteration for F16/32 (#22887)

  • vulkan: Switch MUL_MAT_VEC to 4 K per iteration for F16/32

Against mesa git, this shows a 4.8% performance improvement for tg128 on Qwen3.5-9B:BF16 on Intel BMG.

Note that this breaks some tests until the last commit which fixes OOB A reads.

  • vulkan: Use aligned loads in mul_mat_vec when available

Against mesa git, this shows a 3.3% performance improvement for tg128 on Qwen3.5-9B:BF16 on Intel BMG.

  • Make explicit that num_rows is <= NUM_ROWS in mul_mat_vec

Mesa's UUB logic can't see through conditionals, limiting its ability to understand the bounds on the num_rows field in the cleanup run. Making it explicit that num_rows is, indeed, always <= NUM_ROWS helps mesa make slightly better codegen.

Against mesa git, this currently shows a 1% performance improvement in tg128 on Qwen3.5-9B:BF16 on Intel BMG.

  • vulkan: Fix OOB A reads in MUL_MAT_VEC for odd sizes

There was a TODO to fix the OOB reads from the A matrix which we do here.

It is within performance noise (+<0.1%) in tg128 for Qwen3.5-9B:BF16 on Intel BMG.

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