Abstract illustration of GPU scheduling slots filled and freed across inference steps.

Continuous Batching: How vLLM and Friends Keep GPUs Fed

A working engineer’s guide to continuous batching for LLM inference: why static batching wastes GPU cycles, how iteration-level scheduling works, and what tools like vLLM and TGI actually do differently.

September 4, 2026 · 7 min · 1436 words · martinuke0
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