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llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE

gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
46 vs 80
Hardware Fit
61 vs 83
Quality Score
40 vs 78

Hardware

llama3.1:8b gemma3:12b
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Air
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M4
Cores610
RAM7 GB32 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M4
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec7.812.7
First chunk1625 msN/A
TTFT1.6 s560 ms
Load time21.8 s2.8 s
Memory usage5.2 GB11.0 GB
Memory %71%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed
26/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
1/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:12b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate 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