llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:0.6b

qwen3 · 751.63M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

69 vs 77

Hardware Fit

93 vs 100

Quality Score

53 vs 62

Hardware

llama3.1:8b qwen3:0.6b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b qwen3:0.6b

Tokens/sec20.2145.2

TTFT481 ms1.4 s

Load time3.4 s0.7 s

Memory usage10.4 GB4.1 GB

Memory %33%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed

33/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

qwen3:0.6b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3:0.6b

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

11/20

Structured

13/15

Math

13/15

Multilingual

8/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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