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llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
72 vs 85
Hardware Fit
77 vs 64
Quality Score
70 vs 94

Hardware

llama3.1:8b gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
Tokens/sec21.513.6
First chunk368 ms16 ms
TTFT368 ms558 ms
Load time6.9 s12.3 s
Memory usage12.9 GB0.0 GB
Memory %81%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed
14/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest