vLLM

Honest 2026 comparison of the five dominant local LLM runtimes: Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, llama.cpp, and MLX. Throughput numbers, feature matrix, and a decision tree.

A 2026 decision framework for vLLM, Ollama, and LM Studio — when each one wins on throughput, hardware support, and cost, with cited benchmarks instead of fabricated numbers.