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# Throughput cliff versus vm_stat decompressions on 24 GB M4

> Still open and still unmeasured in any source found: `Pages decompressed` per second from `vm_stat` at and below the cliff on a 24 GB M4. The search for it returned only Reddit, Facebook and Medium sizing posts with no counters.

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## Facts

- Still open and still unmeasured in any source found: `Pages decompressed` per second from `vm_stat` at and below the cliff on a 24 GB M4. The search for it returned only Reddit, Facebook and Medium sizing posts with no counters. — source: `asserted`
- The concept is already covered by mlx-optiq-residency-ceiling-near-73-percent-of-r.md and macos-memory-compressor-thrashing-from-gpu-visib.md; the batch-9 pass found no source that reports `vm_stat` decompression counts at the 24 GB M4 cliff. — source: `asserted`
