neural-chat:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

phi4:14b

phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

71 vs 65

Hardware Fit

96 vs 77

Quality Score

55 vs 57

Hardware

neural-chat:7b phi4:14b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

neural-chat:7b phi4:14b

Tokens/sec22.511.1

TTFT242 ms515 ms

Load time0.4 s9.3 s

Memory usage4.5 GB13.4 GB

Memory %14%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

neural-chat:7b

Speed

36/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

phi4:14b

Speed

17/40

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

phi4:14b

Reasoning

16/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

11/20

Structured

13/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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