tinyllama:1.1b

llama · 1B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:3b

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

43 vs 74

Hardware Fit

100 vs 100

Quality Score

19 vs 63

Hardware

tinyllama:1.1b llama3.2:3b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

tinyllama:1.1b llama3.2:3b

Tokens/sec121.044.1

TTFT82 ms178 ms

Load time0.4 s0.8 s

Memory usage0.7 GB7.0 GB

Memory %2%22%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

tinyllama:1.1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama3.2:3b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

tinyllama:1.1b

Reasoning

2/20

Coding

1/20

Instruction

6/20

Structured

7/15

Math

0/15

Multilingual

3/10

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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

14/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

12/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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