aya:8b

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:1.5b

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

70 vs 74

Hardware Fit

92 vs 100

Quality Score

55 vs 57

Hardware

aya:8b qwen2.5:1.5b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

aya:8b qwen2.5:1.5b

Tokens/sec20.084.1

TTFT300 ms119 ms

Load time0.9 s0.5 s

Memory usage6.0 GB2.6 GB

Memory %19%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

aya:8b

Speed

32/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

qwen2.5:1.5b

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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning

8/20

Coding

10/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

13/15

Math

6/15

Multilingual

8/10

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

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