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mistral:7b

llama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:4b

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
75 vs 72
Hardware Fit
95 vs 99
Quality Score
62 vs 54

Hardware

mistral:7b gemma3:4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mistral:7b gemma3:4b
Tokens/sec22.035.9
TTFT261 ms303 ms
Load time0.7 s0.2 s
Memory usage10.1 GB4.6 GB
Memory %32%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mistral:7b

Speed
35/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

gemma3:4b

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

Quality

mistral:7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:4b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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