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granite3.1-dense:8b

granite · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

aya:8b

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 70
Hardware Fit
91 vs 92
Quality Score
66 vs 55

Hardware

granite3.1-dense:8b aya:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

granite3.1-dense:8b aya:8b
Tokens/sec18.820.0
TTFT308 ms300 ms
Load time0.6 s0.9 s
Memory usage13.0 GB6.0 GB
Memory %41%19%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

granite3.1-dense:8b

Speed
31/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

aya:8b

Speed
32/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

granite3.1-dense:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

aya:8b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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