Lightweight Local LLM Comparison on Mac mini with Ollama
Analysis
Key Takeaways
- •Focus on identifying lightweight LLMs (2B-3B parameters) for efficient operation on a 16GB Mac mini.
- •Addresses the issue of swapping encountered with larger models.
- •Serves as a preliminary step before evaluating image analysis models.
“The initial conclusion was that Llama 3.2 Vision (11B) was impractical on a 16GB Mac mini due to swapping. The article then pivots to testing lighter text-based models (2B-3B) before proceeding with image analysis.”