llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

granite3.1-dense:2b

granite · 2.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

64 vs 67

Hardware Fit

56 vs 99

Quality Score

70 vs 45

Hardware

llama3.1:8b granite3.1-dense:2b

MachineMac MiniMacBook Air

CPUApple M4 ProApple M4

Cores1410

RAM64 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4 ProApple M4

OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b granite3.1-dense:2b

Tokens/sec5.553.4

TTFT1.4 s122 ms

Load time3.7 s0.4 s

Memory usage28.6 GB5.6 GB

Memory %45%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed

5/40

TTFT

22/30

Memory

29/30

granite3.1-dense:2b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

29/30

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

granite3.1-dense:2b

Reasoning

8/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

14/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

7/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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