#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ llama.cpp router benchmark — WM (GTX 1080 Ti) edition → writes a results ledger for tuning. This is the NVIDIA port of the fl (RX 7600 XT) bench.py. Same flow, different failure mode: an NVIDIA overcommit does NOT spill to system RAM and freeze the desktop — cudaMalloc fails and the load errors out cleanly. So the guards here protect the NUMBERS, not the PC: - records the BASELINE VRAM after unloading anything of ours (the desktop alone holds 3.5–4.5 GB; a browser/game on top skews every margin — the header says when a resident model was unloaded first, so "7.5 GB baseline" can't masquerade as the desktop again) - ensures a CLEAN card before EVERY load: resident models are force-unloaded via the router API (POST /models/unload), then VRAM is verified with nvidia-smi — the poll covers driver reclaim lag, older builds without the endpoint (sleep-idle fallback) and desktop apps the router doesn't own. Aborts if the card never drains. - checks free VRAM right after a model mounts; too tight (--min-free-gb) → records a ⚠ row and skips generating (a preset that barely loads on a clean bench will fail on a busy desktop); the sweep continues after the drain-wait - refuses to sweep multiple models blind (no nvidia-smi) unless --no-vram-ok (There is no GTT column: that is an amdgpu concept. The gtt hooks are kept as no-ops so the fl script and this one stay diffable.) Per model it records decode/prefill t/s, TTFT, VRAM used/free, and the preset's knobs (ctx, n-cpu-moe, spec-type) parsed from config.ini. For spec/MTP presets the draft acceptance % is appended to the spec column, read from the response's `timings` object. Output: bench-results.md (latest run, overwritten) + bench-history.md (every run, appended) — both next to this script. Run ON this box against its own localhost router. Stdlib only. ./bench.py # all models the server lists ./bench.py -m id1,id2 # only these ./bench.py -x some-id # skip some (e.g. not downloaded yet) ./bench.py -n 512 --ctx 12000 # longer gen + a long-context decode column Compare a change: edit config.ini → restart `llamaserver` → re-run → diff runs in bench-history.md. """ import argparse, json, os, re, subprocess, sys, time, urllib.request, urllib.error from datetime import datetime HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) _smi_warned = False def gpu_mem(kind="vram"): """(used_bytes, total_bytes) from nvidia-smi for 'vram'; (None, None) for 'gtt' (no such thing on NVIDIA — kept so the fl flow stays identical) or if nvidia-smi is unavailable.""" global _smi_warned if kind != "vram": return None, None try: out = subprocess.run(["nvidia-smi", "--query-gpu=memory.used,memory.total", "--format=csv,noheader,nounits"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15).stdout used_mib, total_mib = (int(x.strip()) for x in out.strip().splitlines()[0].split(",")) return used_mib * 1024 * 1024, total_mib * 1024 * 1024 except Exception: if not _smi_warned: _smi_warned = True print(" (nvidia-smi not readable here — VRAM columns and guards are OFF)", file=sys.stderr) return None, None def with_retries(fn, retries, wait, label=""): """Retry on 5xx/connection errors (model still mounting). A deterministic 'failed to load' from the router is NOT retried — that's a broken preset, not a slow mount.""" last = None for i in range(retries + 1): try: return fn() except urllib.error.HTTPError as e: if e.code < 500: # 4xx = real client error raise body = "" try: body = e.read().decode("utf-8", "ignore") except Exception: pass if "failed to load" in body: # deterministic → don't burn retries raise RuntimeError("model failed to load — check the llamaserver terminal (VRAM? path?)") from None last = e except (urllib.error.URLError, ConnectionError, TimeoutError) as e: last = e if i < retries: print(f" … {label} not ready ({last}); waiting {wait}s (try {i + 1}/{retries})", file=sys.stderr) time.sleep(wait) raise last def _open(url, key, payload=None, timeout=600): data = json.dumps(payload).encode() if payload is not None else None hdrs = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {key}"} if data: hdrs["Content-Type"] = "application/json" return urllib.request.urlopen(urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, headers=hdrs), timeout=timeout) def list_models(base, key): d = json.load(_open(base.rstrip("/") + "/models", key)) return [m["id"] for m in d.get("data", [])] def force_unload(base, key): """Ask the router to unload every resident model (POST /models/unload on the ROOT api, not /v1). Harmless no-op on builds without the endpoint — callers fall back to polling.""" root = re.sub(r"/v1/?$", "", base.rstrip("/")) try: d = json.load(_open(root + "/models", key, timeout=30)) except Exception as e: print(f" (router /models not readable: {e} — relying on sleep-idle drain)", file=sys.stderr) return for m in d.get("data", []): if m.get("status", "loaded") != "loaded": # builds without 'status': try them all continue try: _open(root + "/models/unload", key, {"model": m["id"]}, timeout=30).read() except Exception: pass # not loaded / endpoint missing — poll covers it def parse_config(path): """{preset: {ctx, ncpumoe, spec}} from the router config.ini.""" sections, sec = {}, None try: lines = open(path, encoding="utf-8").read().splitlines() except OSError: return {} for ln in lines: s = ln.strip() if s.startswith("[") and s.endswith("]"): sec = s[1:-1]; sections[sec] = {} elif sec and "=" in s and not s.startswith("#"): k, v = s.split("=", 1) sections[sec][k.strip()] = v.split("#", 1)[0].strip() return {sec: {"ctx": kv.get("ctx-size", "-"), "ncpumoe": kv.get("n-cpu-moe", "-"), "spec": kv.get("spec-type", "-") or "-"} for sec, kv in sections.items()} def run(base, key, model, prompt, n, temp, timeout): payload = {"model": model, "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}], "max_tokens": n, "temperature": temp, "stream": True, "stream_options": {"include_usage": True}, # llama.cpp extension: makes the server embed its own timings in the stream → # the table shows the SAME predicted_per_second as the llama.cpp web UI # (without it we fall back to wall-clock estimates, which read lower). "timings_per_token": True} # ttft = first ANSWER token (delta.content) — for a thinking model that is the end of the think # block, which is what the user waits for. t_first = first token of any kind (reasoning_content # counts): the end of prefill, used for the wall-clock fallbacks. A thinking model that spends the # whole gen budget reasoning never sets ttft → returned as None, rendered 'all-think' (NOT 0.00). t0 = time.perf_counter(); ttft = None; t_first = None; ntok = 0; usage = None; timings = None for raw in _open(base.rstrip("/") + "/chat/completions", key, payload, timeout): line = raw.decode("utf-8", "ignore").strip() if not line.startswith("data:"): continue body = line[5:].strip() if body == "[DONE]": break try: c = json.loads(body) except ValueError: continue ch = c.get("choices") or [{}] delta = ch[0].get("delta", {}) if ch else {} if delta.get("content") or delta.get("reasoning_content"): if t_first is None: t_first = time.perf_counter() - t0 if delta.get("content") and ttft is None: ttft = time.perf_counter() - t0 ntok += 1 if c.get("usage"): usage = c["usage"] if c.get("timings"): timings = c["timings"] total = time.perf_counter() - t0 comp = (usage or {}).get("completion_tokens") or ntok ptok = (usage or {}).get("prompt_tokens") gen_s = total - (t_first or total) tg = comp / gen_s if gen_s > 0 else 0.0 pp = (ptok / t_first) if (ptok and t_first) else None acc = None if timings: # llama.cpp's own numbers are authoritative when the router forwards them tg = timings.get("predicted_per_second", tg) pp = timings.get("prompt_per_second", pp) ptok = timings.get("prompt_n", ptok) dn, da = timings.get("draft_n"), timings.get("draft_n_accepted") if dn: acc = 100.0 * (da or 0) / dn return {"tg": tg, "pp": pp, "ttft": ttft, "ptok": ptok or 0, "acc": acc} def wait_drain(drain_gb, window_s, label="", base=None, key=None): """Force-unload resident models via the router API, then poll until VRAM used drops below drain_gb (card is clean) or the window expires.""" used, _ = gpu_mem() if base and used is not None and used > drain_gb * 1e9: force_unload(base, key) end = time.time() + window_s announced = False while used is not None and used > drain_gb * 1e9 and time.time() < end: if not announced: print(f" … waiting for VRAM to drain before {label} ({gb(used)} used)", file=sys.stderr) announced = True time.sleep(5) used, _ = gpu_mem() return used def gb(b): return f"{b / 1e9:.1f} GB" if b else "-" def main(): ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("-u", "--url", default="http://127.0.0.1:11343/v1") ap.add_argument("-k", "--key", default="no-key-required") ap.add_argument("-m", "--models", default="all", help="comma-separated ids, or 'all'") ap.add_argument("-x", "--skip", default="", help="comma-separated ids to skip") ap.add_argument("-n", "--tokens", type=int, default=256) ap.add_argument("-t", "--temp", type=float, default=0.3) ap.add_argument("--ctx", type=int, default=0, help="also record decode at ~this many prompt tokens") ap.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=600, help="per-request stall timeout (s)") ap.add_argument("--config", default=os.path.join(HERE, "config.ini")) ap.add_argument("--out", default=os.path.join(HERE, "bench-results.md")) ap.add_argument("--history", default=os.path.join(HERE, "bench-history.md")) ap.add_argument("--retries", type=int, default=4, help="retries while a model is still mounting") ap.add_argument("--retry-wait", type=int, default=15, help="seconds between retries") ap.add_argument("--drain-gb", type=float, default=5.5, help="VRAM considered 'clean' below this (the desktop alone uses 3.5–4.5 GB here)") ap.add_argument("--min-free-gb", type=float, default=0.8, help="flag a model that leaves less VRAM free than this after loading (busy-desktop risk)") ap.add_argument("--max-gtt-gb", type=float, default=2.0, help="(inert on NVIDIA — kept for fl parity)") ap.add_argument("--unload-wait", type=int, default=360, help="after a too-tight model, wait up to this long for it to unload before continuing " "(sleep-idle-seconds keeps models resident up to 120s here)") ap.add_argument("--no-vram-ok", action="store_true", help="allow a multi-model sweep even though nvidia-smi (and thus the guards) is unavailable") a = ap.parse_args() models = list_models(a.url, a.key) if a.models == "all" else [m.strip() for m in a.models.split(",")] skip = {s.strip() for s in a.skip.split(",") if s.strip()} models = [m for m in models if m not in skip] cfg = parse_config(a.config) used0, total_vram = gpu_mem("vram") if total_vram is None and len(models) > 1 and not a.no_vram_ok: sys.exit("ABORT: nvidia-smi is not readable here, so the VRAM guards can't work.\n" "Run this ON the GPU box, bench a single model with -m , or pass --no-vram-ok to accept the risk.") # The BASELINE must be the desktop, not a resident model: the 2026-10-19 sweep started while pi's # gemma was still mounted and recorded "baseline 7.5 GB" for a ~4 GB desktop. Drain first (force- # unload + poll, same as before every model), record the result; keep the pre-drain figure so the # header says which it was. resident0 = None if used0 is not None and used0 > a.drain_gb * 1e9: resident0 = used0 used0 = wait_drain(a.drain_gb, a.unload_wait, "the baseline", a.url, a.key) if used0 is not None and used0 > a.drain_gb * 1e9: print(f"⚠ baseline VRAM used is {gb(used0)} with nothing of ours resident — desktop apps " f"(browser/electron/game) hold it. Margins below are for THIS desktop; ideally close " f"GPU apps and re-run (or raise --drain-gb if this is normal).", file=sys.stderr) task = "Write a Python function that merges two sorted lists, with a short docstring and one example." filler = ("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. " * max(1, a.ctx // 9)) if a.ctx else None cols = ["model", "cfg ctx", "n-cpu-moe", "spec", "decode t/s", "prefill t/s", "TTFT s", "VRAM used", "VRAM free"] if a.ctx: cols.append(f"decode@{a.ctx // 1000}k") latest = open(a.out, "w", encoding="utf-8") hist = open(a.history, "a", encoding="utf-8") baseline = gb(used0) if resident0 is not None and used0 is not None and resident0 - used0 > 0.5e9: baseline += f" (was {gb(resident0)} with a resident model, unloaded first)" meta = (f"_Run {datetime.now():%Y-%m-%d %H:%M} · server `{a.url}` · VRAM total {gb(total_vram)} · " f"baseline used {baseline} · gen {a.tokens} tok · guard: free≥{a.min_free_gb} GB_") def emit(line, both=True): print(line) latest.write(line + "\n"); latest.flush() if both: hist.write(line + "\n"); hist.flush() latest.write("# llama.cpp benchmark results (latest run)\n\n") hist.write(f"\n## run {datetime.now():%Y-%m-%d %H:%M}\n\n") emit(meta + "\n") emit("| " + " | ".join(cols) + " |") emit("|" + "|".join(["---"] * len(cols)) + "|") for m in models: c = cfg.get(m, {}) base_cells = [m, c.get("ctx", "-"), c.get("ncpumoe", "-"), c.get("spec", "-")] # A CLEAN card before EVERY load (incl. the first): force-unload via the router API, # then verify with nvidia-smi — double residency = bogus numbers (or a failed load). u = wait_drain(a.drain_gb, a.unload_wait, m, a.url, a.key) if u is not None and u > a.drain_gb * 1e9: emit("") emit(f"_⚠ aborted before {m}: VRAM still {gb(u)} used after {a.unload_wait}s — something " f"won't unload (leftover model / GPU apps). If that's your normal desktop, raise --drain-gb._") print(f"\n⚠ aborted: card not clean ({gb(u)} used).", file=sys.stderr) break try: # warmup — retries wait out the mount; 'failed to load' aborts immediately with_retries(lambda: run(a.url, a.key, m, "hi", 8, a.temp, a.timeout), a.retries, a.retry_wait, m) used, _ = gpu_mem("vram") free = (total_vram - used) if (total_vram and used) else None reason = None if free is not None and free < a.min_free_gb * 1e9: reason = f"only {gb(free)} VRAM free" if reason: # Too tight — do NOT generate (allocates more). Record the row; the sweep continues # once this model has fully unloaded (see below). hint = ("raise n-cpu-moe" if c.get("ncpumoe", "-") != "-" else "lower ctx / n-gpu-layers / smaller quant") cells = base_cells + [f"⚠ {reason} — SKIPPED ({hint})", "", "", gb(used), gb(free)] if a.ctx: cells.append("") else: r = with_retries(lambda: run(a.url, a.key, m, task, a.tokens, a.temp, a.timeout), a.retries, a.retry_wait, m) if r.get("acc") is not None: base_cells[3] = f"{base_cells[3]} ({r['acc']:.0f}% acc)" cells = base_cells + [f"{r['tg']:.1f}", (f"{r['pp']:.0f}" if r['pp'] else "-"), (f"{r['ttft']:.2f}" if r['ttft'] is not None else "all-think"), gb(used), gb(free)] if a.ctx: rc = with_retries(lambda: run(a.url, a.key, m, filler + "\n\n" + task, a.tokens, a.temp, a.timeout), a.retries, a.retry_wait, m) cells.append(f"{rc['tg']:.1f}") except Exception as e: err = f"HTTP {e.code} (check server log)" if isinstance(e, urllib.error.HTTPError) else f"ERROR {e}" cells = base_cells + [err] + [""] * (len(cols) - len(base_cells) - 1) emit("| " + " | ".join(str(x) for x in cells) + " |") # (no post-row wait needed: the pre-load drain above protects the next iteration, # including after ⚠-tight rows where generation was skipped) latest.write("\n_Tuning hints: **VRAM free** = headroom to raise `ctx-size` or lower `n-cpu-moe` " "(more experts on GPU → faster). Low decode t/s on an offloaded MoE → lower `n-cpu-moe` " "if free allows, or pick a smaller/K-quant file (CPU experts are bandwidth-bound). " "High **baseline used** invalidates the run. For spec/MTP models the acceptance % is in the spec column. " "**TTFT** = time to the first ANSWER token (for thinking models: the think block); `all-think` = the whole " "gen budget was reasoning and no answer arrived (decode t/s is still valid — raise `-n` or use the " "-low/-instant alias). Prefill t/s at the ~30-token prompt is fixed-overhead noise; use `--ctx` for a real number._\n") latest.close(); hist.close() print(f"\nwrote {a.out} (+ appended {a.history})") if __name__ == "__main__": main()