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llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Nov 4, 2026 · Intel Core™ i7-9700

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 68
Hardware Fit
90 vs 100
Quality Score
63 vs 54

Hardware

llama3.2:3b lfm2.5-1.2b-instru…
MachineVMware, Inc. VMware Virtual PlatformMacBook Air
CPUIntel Core™ i7-9700Apple M4
Cores410
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M4
OSUbuntu 24.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

llama3.2:3b lfm2.5-1.2b-instru…
Tokens/sec13.077.3
First chunk536 ms177 ms
TTFT536 ms177 ms
Load time82.5 sN/A
Memory usage2.4 GB1.2 GB
Memory %15%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

Quality

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

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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