Apple M2 Max (38-core GPU) × Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct on Apple M2 Max (38-core GPU)
153best gen tok/s
2,551best prompt tok/s
640max context tested
2results
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 | 153 | 2,551 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 442 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 148 | 2,494 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 456 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.