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nemotron-3-nano:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

nemotron_h · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

granite3.1-dense:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

granite · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
93 vs 74
Hardware Fit
95 vs 91
Quality Score
92 vs 66

Hardware

nemotron-3-nano:4b granite3.1-dense:8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

nemotron-3-nano:4b granite3.1-dense:8b
Tokens/sec31.718.8
First chunk270 msN/A
TTFT2.9 s308 ms
Load time2.1 s0.6 s
Memory usage4.1 GB13.0 GB
Memory %25%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

nemotron-3-nano:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
15/20
Memory
30/30

granite3.1-dense:8b

Speed
31/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

nemotron-3-nano:4b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

granite3.1-dense:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest