llama3:latest

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:4b

qwen3 · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

71 vs 47

Hardware Fit

95 vs 53

Quality Score

60 vs 45

Hardware

llama3:latest qwen3:4b

MachineMacBook Air—

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

llama3:latest qwen3:4b

Tokens/sec22.311.3

TTFT295 ms9.2 s

Load time0.8 s0.1 s

Memory usage5.6 GB7.2 GB

Memory %18%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3:latest

Speed

35/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

qwen3:4b

Speed

17/40

TTFT

6/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

llama3:latest

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

qwen3:4b

Reasoning

4/20

Coding

6/20

Instruction

8/20

Structured

6/15

Math

12/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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