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May 7, 2026

Google Releases Multi-Token Prediction Drafters for Gemma 4 with 3x Speedup

Google AI released Multi-Token Prediction drafters for the Gemma 4 model family using speculative decoding, achieving up to 3x faster inference without quality loss by addressing memory-bandwidth bottlenecks.

May 7, 2026·2 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪Standard Large Language Model inference processes are often limited by the speed at which data can be moved rather than by the processor's calculation speed
  • ▪Google describes Gemma 4 as delivering unprecedented intelligence-per-parameter
  • ▪Google designed Multi-Token Prediction drafters for Gemma 4 to improve responsiveness across mobile devices, developer workstations, and the cloud

Subtopics

AI inference (scaling)1AI research & benchmarks1Compute, chips & AI infrastructure1Large language models (LLMs)1Open-source AI1

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