granite3.1-dense:8b
OLLAMA GGUFgranite · 8.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
74 vs 72
Hardware Fit
91 vs 77
Quality Score
66 vs 70
Hardware
granite3.1-dense:8b llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
granite3.1-dense:8b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec18.821.5
First chunkN/A368 ms
TTFT308 ms368 ms
Load time0.6 s6.9 s
Memory usage13.0 GB12.9 GB
Memory %41%81%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
granite3.1-dense:8b
Speed
31/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.1:8b
Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30
Quality
granite3.1-dense:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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