Accelerating Qwen3-8B Agent on Intel® Core™ Ultra with Depth-Pruned Draft Models

The real bottleneck isn't the agent framework; it's the specific silicon constraints. Running a Qwen3-8B agent on a Core Ultra requires deep model quantization and kernel-level optimization. Depth pruning gives you a speed bump, not a magic bullet. Expect significant context switching overhead when deploying these models across heterogeneous hardware. Don't chase general agent narratives; optimize the specific deployment pipeline.