Throughput cliff versus vm_stat decompressions on 24 GB M4
Parent: Mac local LLMs: Memory and wired limits · Published reference · snapshot 2026-10-05
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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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- 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]
- 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]
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