granite3.1-dense:2b
OLLAMA GGUFgranite · 2.5B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
68 vs 75
Hardware Fit
100 vs 93
Quality Score
54 vs 67
Hardware
granite3.1-dense:2b llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
granite3.1-dense:2b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec54.620.3
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT121 ms315 ms
Load time0.4 s1.1 s
Memory usage5.6 GB10.4 GB
Memory %18%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
granite3.1-dense:2b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.1:8b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
granite3.1-dense:2b
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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