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

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score

77 vs 88

Hardware Fit

100 vs 100

Quality Score

67 vs 83

Hardware

mlx-community/meta… gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

MachineMac miniMacBook Pro

CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro

Cores1410

RAM64 GB16 GB

GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro

OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.6.2

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mlx-community/meta… gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Tokens/sec54.327.8

First chunk277 ms204 ms

TTFT277 ms204 ms

Load timeN/A6.6 s

Memory usage4.2 GB5.0 GB

Memory %7%31%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/meta-llam…

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

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

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

19/20

Instruction

17/20

Structured

15/15

Math

8/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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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