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MNN-LLM vs llama.cpp

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MNN-LLM

MNN: A blazing-fast, lightweight inference engine battle-tested by Alibaba, powering high-performance on-device LLMs and Edge AI.

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llama.cpp

LLM inference in C/C++

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Measure	MNN-LLM	llama.cpp
Latest version	3.6.1 (for 23 July 2026)Checked 27 Oct 2026GitHub	b11932Checked 27 Oct 2026GitHub
GitHub stars	16,144Checked 26 Sept 2026github api via nightly crawl, recovered from git history 20e874270887c1008f860ee0198e461a23c9e438	129,547Checked 26 Sept 2026github api via nightly crawl, recovered from git history 20e874270887c1008f860ee0198e461a23c9e438

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