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cogito:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

rnj-1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 8.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
77 vs 80
Hardware Fit
92 vs 93
Quality Score
70 vs 74

Hardware

cogito:8b rnj-1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

cogito:8b rnj-1:8b
Tokens/sec21.022.3
First chunk312 ms404 ms
TTFT312 ms404 ms
Load time0.8 s3.7 s
Memory usage10.4 GB8.3 GB
Memory %33%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

cogito:8b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

rnj-1:8b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30

Quality

cogito:8b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

rnj-1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
5/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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