orca-mini:3b

llama · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

granite3.1-dense:2b

granite · 2.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

54 vs 72

Hardware Fit

100 vs 100

Quality Score

24 vs 54

Hardware

orca-mini:3b granite3.1-dense:2b

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 granite3.1-dense:2b

Tokens/sec30.654.6

TTFT126 ms121 ms

Load time0.4 s0.4 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

granite3.1-dense:2b

Speed

40/40

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

granite3.1-dense:2b

Reasoning

8/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

14/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

7/10

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

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