Apple M2 (8-core GPU) × Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Apple M2 (8-core GPU)
18.8best gen tok/s
149best prompt tok/s
640max context tested
3results
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 | 18.8 | 148 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 8,395 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 17.9 | 149 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 8,386 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 12.9 | 114 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 10,946 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.