ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
mlx-community/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
76 vs 74
Hardware Fit
89 vs 100
Quality Score
71 vs 63
Hardware
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MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec19.550.6
First chunk328 ms257 ms
TTFT328 ms257 ms
Load time1.5 sN/A
Memory usage10.6 GB0.7 GB
Memory %33%2%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:8b
Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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