neural-chat:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

aya:8b

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

67 vs 66

Hardware Fit

96 vs 92

Quality Score

55 vs 55

Hardware

neural-chat:7b aya:8b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

neural-chat:7b aya:8b

Tokens/sec22.520.0

TTFT242 ms300 ms

Load time0.4 s0.9 s

Memory usage4.5 GB6.0 GB

Memory %14%19%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

neural-chat:7b

Speed

36/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

aya:8b

Speed

32/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

neural-chat:7b

Reasoning

7/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

12/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

8/10

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

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

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