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cogito:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.6B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
67 vs 71
Hardware Fit
100 vs 95
Quality Score
53 vs 60

Hardware

cogito:3b llama3:latest
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

cogito:3b llama3:latest
Tokens/sec45.622.3
First chunk177 msN/A
TTFT177 ms295 ms
Load time0.8 s0.8 s
Memory usage7.0 GB5.6 GB
Memory %22%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

cogito:3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

llama3:latest

Speed
35/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

cogito:3b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

llama3:latest

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest