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llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
72 vs 60
Hardware Fit
77 vs 80
Quality Score
70 vs 52

Hardware

llama3.1:8b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec21.5227.0
First chunk368 ms60 ms
TTFT368 ms30.0 s
Load time6.9 s0.7 s
Memory usage12.9 GB2.6 GB
Memory %81%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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