THE LAB · MACHINE REGISTRY

Test machines

Every benchmark is traceable to one of these machines, each with a locked configuration. When a machine's specs change, we log it on /corrections and re-test affected results.

Codex Librarian

Jitori PC

Intel Arc

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS
RAM: 64 GB
GPU: Intel Arc B60 Pro
VRAM: 24 GB
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Backend: vulkan

Vulkan backend (Mesa ANV 25.2.8). SYCL produces garbage on Battlemage — Vulkan-only for Intel Arc B-series. GGML_VK_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1 hides the AMD iGPU.

Marshal Alpha + Marshal Beta

Ray

AMD

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 (96GB system)
RAM: 96 GB
GPU: 2× AMD Radeon RX 9700
VRAM: 32 GB
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Backend: vulkan

Multi-GPU AMD RDNA3-4. Two-card configuration; results tagged per-GPU and combined.

Architect + Router

EvoX2

AMD

CPU: AMD Ryzen (high-core)
RAM: 64 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon discrete
VRAM: 24 GB
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Backend: vulkan

Architect (Qwen3.6-35B) and Router (LFM2.5-8B) endpoints. Used for multi-model comparison.

NVIDIA reference platform

Victor

NVIDIA

CPU: Intel Core i7 (high-clock)
RAM: 64 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX (CUDA reference)
VRAM: 24 GB
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Backend: cuda

NVIDIA CUDA reference system. Identity to be confirmed (see PROJECT_BLUEPRINT.md Appendix A1) — currently stands in for the founder's NVIDIA test machine.