llama-3.2-3b-instruct

llama · 3B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

aya:8b

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

72 vs 66

Hardware Fit

100 vs 92

Quality Score

60 vs 55

Hardware

llama-3.2-3b-instr… aya:8b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama-3.2-3b-instr… aya:8b

Tokens/sec48.220.0

TTFT265 ms300 ms

Load time0.0 s0.9 s

Memory usage0.0 GB6.0 GB

Memory %0%19%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.2-3b-instruct

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

aya:8b

Speed

32/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

llama-3.2-3b-instruct

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

8/10

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

aya:8b

Reasoning

10/20

Coding

6/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

15/15

Math

2/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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