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aya:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

smollm2:1.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
66 vs 64
Hardware Fit
92 vs 100
Quality Score
55 vs 49

Hardware

aya:8b smollm2:1.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

aya:8b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec20.051.8
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT300 ms84 ms
Load time0.9 s0.4 s
Memory usage6.0 GB3.7 GB
Memory %19%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

aya:8b

Speed
32/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

smollm2:1.7b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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

smollm2:1.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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