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microllm-250m:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 256.74M · F16

Not Rec.

Jul 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

Global Score
34 vs 50
Hardware Fit
100 vs 97
Quality Score
6 vs 30

Hardware

microllm-250m:latest gemma3:270m
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M3 Pro
Cores1212
RAM24 GB36 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

microllm-250m:latest gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec291.6239.2
First chunk50 ms127 ms
TTFT79 ms127 ms
Load time0.0 s0.7 s
Memory usage0.6 GB0.6 GB
Memory %2%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

microllm-250m:latest

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma3:270m

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

microllm-250m:latest

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
0/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest