ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
granite3.1-dense:8b
OLLAMA GGUFgranite · 8.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
72 vs 74
Hardware Fit
71 vs 91
Quality Score
72 vs 66
Hardware
ministral-3:8b 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
ministral-3:8b granite3.1-dense:8b
Tokens/sec19.818.8
First chunk269 msN/A
TTFT269 ms308 ms
Load time10.7 s0.6 s
Memory usage13.7 GB13.0 GB
Memory %86%41%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:8b
Speed
44/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
7/30
granite3.1-dense:8b
Speed
31/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
ministral-3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest