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tinyllama:1.1b

llama · 1B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
51 vs 50
Hardware Fit
100 vs 67
Quality Score
19 vs 38

Hardware

tinyllama:1.1b qwen3:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

tinyllama:1.1b qwen3:8b
Tokens/sec121.018.7
TTFT82 ms12.1 s
Load time0.4 s1.2 s
Memory usage0.7 GB9.5 GB
Memory %2%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

tinyllama:1.1b

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

qwen3:8b

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

Quality

tinyllama:1.1b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
7/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

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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