cogito:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

77 vs 68

Hardware Fit

92 vs 98

Quality Score

70 vs 55

Hardware

cogito:8b gemma3:1b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

cogito:8b gemma3:1b

Tokens/sec21.039.4

First chunk312 msN/A

TTFT312 ms362 ms

Load time0.8 s0.3 s

Memory usage10.4 GB1.3 GB

Memory %33%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

cogito:8b

Speed

42/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/50

TTFT

30/20

Memory

28/30

Quality

cogito:8b

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

15/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:1b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

12/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

8/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest

$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest