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M1 (16 GB) — benchmark record

M1 (16 GB) local LLM benchmarks on Apple Silicon Mac with 4 published rows across 4 models. Peak published speed is 42.0 tok/s on Mistral 7B v0.3. Published runtimes include Ollama. Evidence state and next-step ranking links included.

4Benchmark rows
4Models tested
42.0Fastest avg tok/s (Mistral 7B v0.3)
0Silicon Score Lab rows

What this page answers best

Best published speed here is 42.0 tok/s on Mistral 7B v0.3 at Q4_K - Medium. This page is evidence, not the full buying answer.

Evidence state: 4 linked reference rows and no Silicon Score Lab rows yet.

Published runtimes here: Ollama.

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Current published coverage

Published model coverage includes Mistral 7B v0.3, Llama 3.1 8B, Qwen 3 8B, Qwen3.5-9B. Published runtime coverage on this chip includes Ollama. Fastest published row is 42.0 tok/s on Mistral 7B v0.3 at Q4_K - Medium.

Mistral 7B v0.3Llama 3.1 8BQwen 3 8BQwen3.5-9B

Other published M1 variants: 8 GB

This chip is part of a family. Compare all M1 RAM variants →

Raw benchmark rows for M1 (16 GB)

Rows sorted by avg tok/s descending. Click source badge to see original measurement page.

ModelQuantRAM req.ContextAvg tok/sPrompt tok/sRuntimeSource
Mistral 7B v0.3Q4_K - Medium——42.0 tok/s—Ollamaref
Llama 3.1 8BQ4_K - Medium——40.0 tok/s—Ollamaref
Qwen 3 8BQ4_K - Medium——38.0 tok/s—Ollamaref
Qwen3.5-9BQ4_K - Medium——35.0 tok/s—Ollamaref

Models tested on this chip

Mistral 7B v0.3Llama 3.1 8BQwen 3 8BQwen3.5-9B

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Data

benchmarks.json — full dataset  ·  chips.json — chip summaries  ·  benchmarks.csv — CSV export

Data sourced from Silicon Score Lab measurements and community reference runs. See all chip families →