llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

mistralai/magistral-small-2509

LM-STUDIO MLX

mistral3 · 24B · 4bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

74 vs 74

Hardware Fit

100 vs 66

Quality Score

63 vs 78

Hardware

llama3.2:3b mistralai/magistra…

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.2:3b mistralai/magistra…

Tokens/sec44.17.9

First chunkN/A1356 ms

TTFT178 ms1.4 s

Load time0.8 sN/A

Memory usage7.0 GB13.2 GB

Memory %22%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:3b

Speed

40/50

TTFT

30/20

Memory

30/30

mistralai/magistral-sma…

Speed

16/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

Quality

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

14/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

12/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

mistralai/magistral-sma…

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

18/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

15/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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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