Comparisons
Wicked Fast Gemma 4 vs Qwen 3.6 on RTX 3090: 3.10x Tested
Same RTX 3090, same llama.cpp build, same bench. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q4_K_XL: 128 tok/s mean. Qwen 3.6-27B Q4_K_M: 41 tok/s. 3.10x faster, firsthand.
Pi AI vs Local AI: Cloud Companion or Private Assistant?
Pi.ai is warm, free, and cloud-only. Local AI is private, flexible, and yours. What Pi does well, where it falls short, and when running your own model is the better call.