ministral-3:3b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
71 vs 72
Hardware Fit
99 vs 77
Quality Score
59 vs 70
Hardware
ministral-3:3b llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
ministral-3:3b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec42.221.5
First chunk189 ms368 ms
TTFT189 ms368 ms
Load time1.2 s6.9 s
Memory usage7.0 GB12.9 GB
Memory %22%81%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
llama3.1:8b
Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30
Quality
ministral-3:3b
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
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