Apple M1 (8-core GPU) × Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Apple M1 (8-core GPU)
14.6best gen tok/s
134best prompt tok/s
4,352max context tested
4results
Measured · all numbers below come from the linked sources
llama.cpp
| Quant | Gen tok/s | Prompt tok/s | Source | Context tested | TTFT | Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K - Medium | 14.6 | 134 | LocalScore ↗ | 4,352 | 9,637 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 14.6 | 134 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 9,648 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 9.7 | 101 | LocalScore ↗ | 4,352 | 12,879 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 8.9 | 84.0 | LocalScore ↗ | 4,352 | 14,355 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
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"Context tested" is the largest prompt+generation length actually benchmarked (tokens), not a memory-fit estimate.
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Includes results from LocalScore, a Mozilla Builders project by cjpais, mirrored in the cn0303/local-llm-speed-benchmarks dataset. LocalScore runs use llamafile, which is built on llama.cpp.