M1 (16 GB) — benchmark record
M1 (16 GB) local LLM benchmarks on Apple Silicon Mac with 6 published rows across 6 models. Peak published speed is 58.0 tok/s on Phi-4 Mini Instruct 3.8B. Published runtimes include Ollama.
Quick take
Best published speed here is 58.0 tok/s on Phi-4 Mini Instruct 3.8B at Q4_K - Medium. This page is evidence, not the full buying answer.
Based on 6 external benchmarks; no lab runs yet.
Published runtimes: Ollama.
Current published coverage
Published model coverage includes Phi-4 Mini Instruct 3.8B, Mistral 7B v0.3, Llama 3.1 8B, Qwen 3 8B plus 2 more published models. Published runtime coverage on this chip includes Ollama. Fastest published row is 58.0 tok/s on Phi-4 Mini Instruct 3.8B at Q4_K - Medium.
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.
| Model | Quant | Avg tok/s | Runtime | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi-4 Mini Instruct 3.8B | Q4_K - Medium | 58.0 tok/s | Ollama | ref |
| Mistral 7B v0.3 | Q4_K - Medium | 42.0 tok/s | Ollama | ref |
| Llama 3.1 8B | Q4_K - Medium | 40.0 tok/s | Ollama | ref |
| Qwen 3 8B | Q4_K - Medium | 38.0 tok/s | Ollama | ref |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | Q4_K - Medium | 38.0 tok/s | Ollama | ref |
| Qwen3.5-9B | Q4_K - Medium | 35.0 tok/s | Ollama | ref |
Models tested on this chip
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Data
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