Local LLM Prompt Caching: Reuse Explained (October 2026)
How llama.cpp, vLLM and LM Studio decide whether to reuse your prompt's KV cache, what each reports about tokens saved, and where the reuse stops.
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How llama.cpp, vLLM and LM Studio decide whether to reuse your prompt's KV cache, what each reports about tokens saved, and where the reuse stops.
Cost-per-token comparison of Opus 5.5, Fable 5.1, GPT-6 Sol and Luna, and Grok 4.7 after the September 2026 price war, plus where local inference wins.