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phi:2.7b

phi2 · 3B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
65 vs 42
Hardware Fit
100 vs 60
Quality Score
41 vs 30

Hardware

phi:2.7b qwen3:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

phi:2.7b qwen3:8b
Tokens/sec56.618.2
TTFT110 ms12.4 s
Load time0.4 s2.7 s
Memory usage2.2 GB9.5 GB
Memory %7%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi:2.7b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

qwen3:8b

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

Quality

phi:2.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
11/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Poor

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
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