phi3:3.8b

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama2:13b

llama · 13B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

64 vs 56

Hardware Fit

100 vs 84

Quality Score

48 vs 44

Hardware

phi3:3.8b llama2:13b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

phi3:3.8b llama2:13b

Tokens/sec42.013.5

TTFT142 ms415 ms

Load time1.1 s0.6 s

Memory usage16.0 GB10.3 GB

Memory %50%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi3:3.8b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama2:13b

Speed

24/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

phi3:3.8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

11/20

Structured

10/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

7/10

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

llama2:13b

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

7/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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