meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-3-4b

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

76 vs 74

Hardware Fit

95 vs 93

Quality Score

68 vs 66

Hardware

meta-llama-3.1-8b-… google/gemma-3-4b

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-… google/gemma-3-4b

Tokens/sec21.622.2

TTFT512 ms1.9 s

Load time0.0 s0.0 s

Memory usage0.0 GB0.0 GB

Memory %0%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

meta-llama-3.1-8b-instr…

Speed

35/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

google/gemma-3-4b

Speed

35/40

TTFT

28/30

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

google/gemma-3-4b

Reasoning

10/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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