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qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
42 vs 50
Hardware Fit
60 vs 67
Quality Score
30 vs 38

Hardware

qwen3:8b qwen3:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

qwen3:8b qwen3:8b
Tokens/sec18.218.7
TTFT12.4 s12.1 s
Load time2.7 s1.2 s
Memory usage9.5 GB9.5 GB
Memory %30%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:8b

Speed
27/40
TTFT
3/30
Memory
30/30

qwen3:8b

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

Quality

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
4/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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
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