M3 (16 GB) — benchmark record

M3 (16 GB) local LLM benchmarks on Apple Silicon Mac with 2 published rows across 2 models. Peak published speed is 82.0 tok/s on Gemma 4 E2B. Published runtimes include Ollama. Evidence state and next-step ranking links included.

2Benchmark rows

2Models tested

82.0Fastest avg tok/s (Gemma 4 E2B)

0Silicon Score Lab rows

What this page answers best

Best published speed here is 82.0 tok/s on Gemma 4 E2B at Q4_K - Medium. This page is evidence, not the full buying answer.

Evidence state: 2 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 Gemma 4 E2B, Gemma 4 E4B. Published runtime coverage on this chip includes Ollama. Fastest published row is 82.0 tok/s on Gemma 4 E2B at Q4_K - Medium.

Gemma 4 E2B Gemma 4 E4B

Raw benchmark rows for M3 (16 GB)

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

Model	Quant	RAM req.	Context	Avg tok/s	Prompt tok/s	Runtime	Source
Gemma 4 E2B	Q4_K - Medium	—	—	82.0 tok/s	—	Ollama	ref
Gemma 4 E4B	Q4_K - Medium	—	—	62.0 tok/s	—	Ollama	ref

Models tested on this chip

Gemma 4 E2B Gemma 4 E4B

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Data

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