# 10 LLM Inference Optimization Techniques, Simply Explained

DevFeed: [10 LLM Inference Optimization Techniques, Simply Explained](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/10-llm-inference-optimization-techniques-simply-explained-18270.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.intoai.pub/p/10-llm-inference-optimization-techniques>)

Author: Dr. Ashish Bamania

Published: 2026-08-01T11:15:38Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Into AI](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/into-ai.md>)

Topics: [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Inference](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/inference.md>), [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>), [text-generation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/text-generation.md>), [quantization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/quantization.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>)

Tags: [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [decoding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decoding.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [inference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [quantization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantization.md>), [text-generation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/text-generation.md>)

## AI overview

A visual guide to ten techniques for optimizing LLM inference, including KV caching, quantization, speculative decoding, and prefill-decode disaggregation. It explains how KV caching reduces repeated computation while increasing HBM memory usage.

## Source excerpt

A visual guide to 10 techniques, from KV caching and Quantization to Speculative decoding and Prefill-decode disaggregation, that make LLM inference faster and cheaper.