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qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral-nemo:12b

llama · 12.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
50 vs 73
Hardware Fit
67 vs 86
Quality Score
38 vs 65

Hardware

qwen3:8b mistral-nemo:12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3:8b mistral-nemo:12b
Tokens/sec18.714.6
TTFT12.1 s371 ms
Load time1.2 s1.0 s
Memory usage9.5 GB13.3 GB
Memory %30%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:8b

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

mistral-nemo:12b

Speed
26/40
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

mistral-nemo:12b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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