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mlx-community/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-4bit

LM-STUDIO GGUF
Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 71
Hardware Fit
100 vs 95
Quality Score
63 vs 60

Hardware

mlx-community/Llam… llama3:latest
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mlx-community/Llam… llama3:latest
Tokens/sec50.622.3
First chunk257 msN/A
TTFT257 ms295 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage0.7 GB5.6 GB
Memory %2%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/Llama-3.2…

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

llama3:latest

Speed
35/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

mlx-community/Llama-3.2…

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

llama3:latest

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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