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mlx-community/meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

orca-mini:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
77 vs 47
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
67 vs 24

Hardware

mlx-community/meta… orca-mini:3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mlx-community/meta… orca-mini:3b
Tokens/sec54.330.6
First chunk277 msN/A
TTFT277 ms126 ms
Load timeN/A0.4 s
Memory usage4.2 GB2.6 GB
Memory %7%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/meta-llam…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

orca-mini:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

mlx-community/meta-llam…

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate 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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Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest