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granite4.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

granite · 3.7B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Aug 29, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
59 vs 67
Hardware Fit
80 vs 77
Quality Score
50 vs 63

Hardware

granite4.2:3b llama3.2:3b
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores108
RAM16 GB15 GB
GPUApple M1 ProCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.6.2Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

granite4.2:3b llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec46.310.0
First chunk167 ms1166 ms
TTFT167 ms1.2 s
Load time6.3 s6.8 s
Memory usage12.7 GB3.8 GB
Memory %79%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

granite4.2:3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30

llama3.2:3b

Speed
27/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

granite4.2:3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
0/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest