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orca-mini:3b

llama · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3:latest

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
54 vs 74
Hardware Fit
100 vs 95
Quality Score
24 vs 60

Hardware

orca-mini:3b llama3:latest
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

orca-mini:3b llama3:latest
Tokens/sec30.622.3
TTFT126 ms295 ms
Load time0.4 s0.8 s
Memory usage2.6 GB5.6 GB
Memory %8%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

orca-mini:3b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

llama3:latest

Speed
35/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

orca-mini:3b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
3/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

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
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