aya:8b

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

smollm2:135m

llama · 134.52M · F16

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

70 vs 48

Hardware Fit

92 vs 100

Quality Score

55 vs 14

Hardware

aya:8b smollm2:135m

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

aya:8b smollm2:135m

Tokens/sec20.0245.0

TTFT300 ms31 ms

Load time0.9 s0.4 s

Memory usage6.0 GB0.6 GB

Memory %19%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

aya:8b

Speed

32/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

smollm2:135m

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

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

smollm2:135m

Reasoning

4/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

6/20

Structured

2/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

1/10

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

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