M1 (8-core GPU, 8 GB) — LLM Benchmarks

Measured LLM inference benchmarks for M1 (8-core GPU, 8 GB). Tokens per second across 2 models and multiple quantizations. Real runs, not estimates.

2Benchmark rows

2Models tested

40.4Fastest avg tok/s (Llama 3.2 1B Instruct)

0Factory-lab verified rows

Benchmark results for M1 (8-core GPU, 8 GB)

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Model	Quant	RAM req.	Context	Avg tok/s	Prompt tok/s	Runtime	Source
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct	Q4_K - Medium	—	—	40.4 tok/s	607.4 tok/s	—	ref
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	Q4_K - Medium	—	—	14.6 tok/s	133.9 tok/s	—	ref

Models tested on this chip

Data

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