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llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
81 vs 60
Hardware Fit
100 vs 80
Quality Score
73 vs 52

Hardware

llama-3.1-8b-instr… lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineASUSMacBook Pro
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M4 Pro
Cores1214
RAM31 GB48 GB
GPUNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]Apple M4 Pro
OSNobara Linux 43macOS 26.4.1
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

llama-3.1-8b-instr… lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec35.6227.0
First chunk52 ms60 ms
TTFT256 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage8.6 GB2.6 GB
Memory %28%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest