deepseek-r1:1.5b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen2 · 1.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
66 vs 75
Hardware Fit
100 vs 93
Quality Score
51 vs 67
Hardware
deepseek-r1:1.5b llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
deepseek-r1:1.5b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec85.420.3
First chunk115 msN/A
TTFT115 ms315 ms
Load time0.5 s1.1 s
Memory usage2.6 GB10.4 GB
Memory %8%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
deepseek-r1:1.5b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.1:8b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
deepseek-r1:1.5b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
6/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest