llama3.2:3b

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

phi:2.7b

phi2 · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

74 vs 59

Hardware Fit

100 vs 100

Quality Score

63 vs 41

Hardware

llama3.2:3b phi:2.7b

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 phi:2.7b

Tokens/sec44.156.6

TTFT178 ms110 ms

Load time0.8 s0.4 s

Memory usage7.0 GB2.2 GB

Memory %22%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:3b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

phi:2.7b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

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

phi:2.7b

Reasoning

7/20

Coding

4/20

Instruction

9/20

Structured

11/15

Math

8/15

Multilingual

2/10

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

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