Back to leaderboard

granite4.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

granite · 3.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 29, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
80 vs 81
Hardware Fit
80 vs 100
Quality Score
80 vs 73

Hardware

granite4.2:3b llama-3.1-8b-instr…
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1012
RAM16 GB31 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 26.6.2Nobara Linux 43
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

granite4.2:3b llama-3.1-8b-instr…
Tokens/sec46.835.6
First chunk135 ms52 ms
TTFT135 ms256 ms
Load time0.0 sN/A
Memory usage12.7 GB8.6 GB
Memory %79%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

granite4.2:3b

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

Quality

granite4.2:3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
View granite4.2:3b details | View llama-3.1-8b-instr… details

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