yi:6b

llama · 6B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

neural-chat:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

77 vs 67

Hardware Fit

100 vs 96

Quality Score

67 vs 55

Hardware

yi:6b neural-chat:7b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

yi:6b neural-chat:7b

Tokens/sec27.622.5

TTFT210 ms242 ms

Load time0.4 s0.4 s

Memory usage3.6 GB4.5 GB

Memory %11%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

yi:6b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

neural-chat:7b

Speed

36/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

yi:6b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

12/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

13/15

Multilingual

6/10

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

neural-chat:7b

Reasoning

7/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

12/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

8/10

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

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