Apple M3 Max (40-core GPU) × Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Apple M3 Max (40-core GPU)
46.0best gen tok/s
591best prompt tok/s
640max 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 | 46.0 | 583 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 2,071 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 45.6 | 591 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 2,031 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 25.8 | 383 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 3,352 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 25.1 | 371 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 3,388 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.