llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M
May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
75 vs 60
Hardware Fit
93 vs 80
Quality Score
67 vs 52
Hardware
llama3.1:8b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
llama3.1:8b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec20.3227.0
First chunkN/A60 ms
TTFT315 ms30.0 s
Load time1.1 s0.7 s
Memory usage10.4 GB2.6 GB
Memory %33%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama3.1:8b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
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
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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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest