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llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:1b

llama · 1.2B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
69 vs 63
Hardware Fit
93 vs 100
Quality Score
53 vs 39

Hardware

llama3.1:8b llama3.2:1b
MachineMacBook Air—
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b llama3.2:1b
Tokens/sec20.228.2
TTFT481 ms199 ms
Load time3.4 s1.8 s
Memory usage10.4 GB4.3 GB
Memory %33%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed
33/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

llama3.2:1b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

llama3.2:1b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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