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llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
81 vs 89
Hardware Fit
100 vs 88
Quality Score
73 vs 89

Hardware

llama-3.1-8b-instr… gemma4:12b
MachineASUSMacBook Pro
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M2 Pro
Cores1210
RAM31 GB16 GB
GPUNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]Apple M2 Pro
OSNobara Linux 43macOS 26.5
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

llama-3.1-8b-instr… gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec35.618.4
First chunk52 ms758 ms
TTFT256 ms758 ms
Load timeN/A0.3 s
Memory usage8.6 GB7.5 GB
Memory %28%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

gemma4:12b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest