Apple M3 (10-core GPU) × Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Apple M3 (10-core GPU)
15.6best gen tok/s
157best prompt tok/s
640max context tested
6results
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 | 15.6 | 157 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 8,174 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 13.7 | 137 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 9,068 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 13.6 | 137 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 8,924 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 11.1 | 123 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 9,933 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 10.8 | 121 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 9,355 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 9.7 | 98.5 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 13,986 ms | llamafile 0.9.3 |
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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.