mlx-community/gemma-3-1b-it-8bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
orca-mini:3b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3B · Q4_0
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
72 vs 47
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
61 vs 24
Hardware
mlx-community/gemm… orca-mini:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mlx-community/gemm… orca-mini:3b
Tokens/sec86.330.6
First chunk253 msN/A
TTFT253 ms126 ms
Load timeN/A0.4 s
Memory usage1.1 GB2.6 GB
Memory %4%8%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mlx-community/gemma-3-1…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
orca-mini:3b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
mlx-community/gemma-3-1…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
orca-mini:3b
Reasoning
2/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
3/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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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