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qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

deepseek-coder:6.7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
47 vs 57
Hardware Fit
67 vs 98
Quality Score
38 vs 39

Hardware

qwen3:8b deepseek-coder:6.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3:8b deepseek-coder:6.7b
Tokens/sec18.724.1
TTFT12.1 s251 ms
Load time1.2 s0.9 s
Memory usage9.5 GB12.6 GB
Memory %30%39%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:8b

Speed
31/40
TTFT
6/30
Memory
30/30

deepseek-coder:6.7b

Speed
38/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
5/20
Coding
5/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
12/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

deepseek-coder:6.7b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
6/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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