MTPLX V1: The Swift App For Running & Creating MLX MTP Models (2x TPS Qwen 3.6 27B)
Summary
MTPLX V1 is a native Mac app that bundles the MTP speculative decoding engine for MLX models, offering features like model conversion via Forge, built-in chat, benchmarking, and support for smaller models. It achieves over 2x speedup with mathematical exactness.
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