diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 2a9ff72172..8a96ea9450 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ jobs:
       run: python test/external/external_benchmark_multitensor_allreduce.py
     - name: HEVC Decode Benchmark
       if: ${{ matrix.dev == 'NV' }}
-      run: VALIDATE=1 MAX_FRAMES=100 ASSERT_FPS=1400 JITBEAM=1 PYTHONPATH=. python3 extra/hevc/decode.py
+      run: IGNORE_BEAM_CACHE=1 VALIDATE=1 MAX_FRAMES=100 ASSERT_FPS=1400 JITBEAM=1 PYTHONPATH=. python3 extra/hevc/decode.py
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       if: ${{ matrix.dev != 'AMD' }}
       with:
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ jobs:
         GRAPH_ONE_KERNEL=1 NSZ=8192 python3 test/speed/external_test_copy_speed.py TestCopySpeed.testCopyCPUtoDefaultJit
     - name: HEVC Decode Benchmark
       if: ${{ matrix.dev == 'NV' }}
-      run: VALIDATE=1 MAX_FRAMES=100 ASSERT_FPS=1400 JITBEAM=1 PYTHONPATH=. python3 extra/hevc/decode.py
+      run: IGNORE_BEAM_CACHE=1 VALIDATE=1 MAX_FRAMES=100 ASSERT_FPS=1400 JITBEAM=1 PYTHONPATH=. python3 extra/hevc/decode.py
     - name: Run 10 MLPerf ResNet50 training steps (1 gpu)
       if: ${{ matrix.dev == 'NV' }}
       run: BENCHMARK_LOG=resnet_10steps MNISTMOCK=1 DEFAULT_FLOAT=HALF BENCHMARK=10 BS=256 GPUS=1 MODEL=resnet python3 examples/mlperf/model_train.py
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ jobs:
   llvmspeed:
     name: LLVM Speed
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, tinyboxrandom]
-    timeout-minutes: 5
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     if: github.repository_owner == 'tinygrad'
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
@@ -650,4 +650,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: Speed Test
       run: DEV=CPU:LLVM python3 test/speed/external_test_speed_v_torch.py
     - name: Speed Test (BEAM=2)
-      run: BEAM=2 DEV=CPU:LLVM python3 test/speed/external_test_speed_v_torch.py
+      run: IGNORE_BEAM_CACHE=1 BEAM=2 DEV=CPU:LLVM python3 test/speed/external_test_speed_v_torch.py