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meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 39
Hardware Fit
95 vs 100
Quality Score
68 vs 13

Hardware

meta-llama-3.1-8b-… starcoder2:3b
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-… starcoder2:3b
Tokens/sec21.649.4
TTFT512 ms155 ms
Load time0.0 s0.4 s
Memory usage0.0 GB3.0 GB
Memory %0%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

meta-llama-3.1-8b-instr…

Speed
35/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

starcoder2:3b

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

starcoder2:3b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
2/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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