llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral:latest

llama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

69 vs 76

Hardware Fit

93 vs 96

Quality Score

53 vs 63

Hardware

llama3.1:8b mistral:latest

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 mistral:latest

Tokens/sec20.222.5

TTFT481 ms257 ms

Load time3.4 s0.6 s

Memory usage10.4 GB10.1 GB

Memory %33%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed

33/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

mistral:latest

Speed

36/40

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

mistral:latest

Reasoning

8/20

Coding

12/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

14/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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