meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

orca-mini:3b

llama · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

76 vs 47

Hardware Fit

95 vs 100

Quality Score

68 vs 24

Hardware

meta-llama-3.1-8b-… orca-mini:3b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

meta-llama-3.1-8b-… orca-mini:3b

Tokens/sec21.630.6

TTFT512 ms126 ms

Load time0.0 s0.4 s

Memory usage0.0 GB2.6 GB

Memory %0%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

meta-llama-3.1-8b-instr…

Speed

35/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

orca-mini:3b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

meta-llama-3.1-8b-instr…

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

15/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

14/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

orca-mini:3b

Reasoning

2/20

Coding

2/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

3/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

3/10

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

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