llamaperf

M1 8GB vs M3 8GB

For running local LLMs · 1 report across 1 model

Side A
M1 8GB
Vendor
apple
VRAM
8GB
Memory
Unified
Side B
M3 8GB
Vendor
apple
VRAM
8GB
Memory
Unified

Highest reported generation speed by model family

These maxima come from different community setups. Model size, quantization, GPU count, offloading and concurrency may differ. They do not establish which GPU is faster for the same workload. Check the comparison conditions →

ModelM1 8GBM3 8GB
Gemma 4up to 31B17.5n=1

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