ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma2:9b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
76 vs 76
Hardware Fit
89 vs 89
Quality Score
71 vs 71
Hardware
ministral-3:8b gemma2:9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
ministral-3:8b gemma2:9b
Tokens/sec19.517.5
First chunk328 msN/A
TTFT328 ms347 ms
Load time1.5 s0.8 s
Memory usage10.6 GB8.2 GB
Memory %33%26%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:8b
Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma2:9b
Speed
29/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
ministral-3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
gemma2:9b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest