Apple M3 Pro (18-core GPU) × Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct on Apple M3 Pro (18-core GPU)
92.6best gen tok/s
1,638best 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 | 92.6 | 1,638 | LocalScore ↗ | 4,352 | 803 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 89.9 | 1,616 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 803 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 89.6 | 1,556 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 816 ms | llamafile 0.9.2 |
| Q4_K - Medium | 85.6 | 1,574 | LocalScore ↗ | 512+128 | 826 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.