# Sampling args in llama-server

DevFeed: [Sampling args in llama-server](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sampling-args-in-llama-server-29088.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/sampling-args-in-llama-server>)

Author: Alex Ewerlöf

Published: 2026-07-01T18:28:35Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Alex Ewerlof Notes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/alex-ewerlof-notes.md>)

Topics: [llama.cpp](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llama-cpp.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Inference](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/inference.md>), [quantization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/quantization.md>), [Benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmark.md>)

Tags: [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [hallucinations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hallucinations.md>), [inference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference.md>), [llama-cpp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llama-cpp.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [quantization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantization.md>)

## AI overview

A reference guide to llama.cpp sampling and repetition parameters, covering common failure modes in local and quantized language models, parameter ranges and defaults, workload-specific tuning, modern sampling methods, and ways to accelerate experimentation.

## Source excerpt

Reducing repetition, hallucinations, degradation, while making inference faster!