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aya:8b

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:7b

starcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
66 vs 35
Hardware Fit
92 vs 97
Quality Score
55 vs 8

Hardware

aya:8b starcoder2:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

aya:8b starcoder2:7b
Tokens/sec20.023.8
TTFT300 ms251 ms
Load time0.9 s0.4 s
Memory usage6.0 GB6.3 GB
Memory %19%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

aya:8b

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

starcoder2:7b

Speed
37/40
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

starcoder2:7b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
2/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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