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llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen36-distill-apex

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
74 vs 36
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
63 vs 8

Hardware

llama3.2:3b qwen36-distill-apex
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.2:3b qwen36-distill-apex
Tokens/sec44.155.2
First chunkN/A210 ms
TTFT178 ms210 ms
Load time0.8 s4.8 s
Memory usage7.0 GB0.9 GB
Memory %22%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

qwen36-distill-apex

Speed
50/50
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

qwen36-distill-apex

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
0/20
Structured
0/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

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