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llama3:latest

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:3b

qwen2 · 3.1B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
68 vs 71
Hardware Fit
94 vs 99
Quality Score
51 vs 53

Hardware

llama3:latest qwen2.5:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3:latest qwen2.5:3b
Tokens/sec21.438.5
TTFT297 ms204 ms
Load time0.8 s0.5 s
Memory usage5.6 GB4.0 GB
Memory %18%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3:latest

Speed
34/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5:3b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

Quality

llama3:latest

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen2.5:3b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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