mlx-community/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
aya-expanse:8b
OLLAMA GGUFcommand-r · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
57 vs 72
Hardware Fit
100 vs 89
Quality Score
39 vs 65
Hardware
mlx-community/Llam… aya-expanse:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mlx-community/Llam… aya-expanse:8b
Tokens/sec126.419.7
First chunk139 ms350 ms
TTFT139 ms350 ms
Load timeN/A0.9 s
Memory usage0.3 GB6.2 GB
Memory %1%20%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
aya-expanse:8b
Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
10/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
aya-expanse:8b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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