mistral:7b

llama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

codellama:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

75 vs 68

Hardware Fit

95 vs 97

Quality Score

62 vs 49

Hardware

mistral:7b codellama:7b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mistral:7b codellama:7b

Tokens/sec22.023.6

TTFT261 ms297 ms

Load time0.7 s0.9 s

Memory usage10.1 GB12.6 GB

Memory %32%39%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mistral:7b

Speed

35/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

codellama:7b

Speed

37/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

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

codellama:7b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

7/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

13/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

8/10

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

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