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llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral:7b

llama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
75 vs 72
Hardware Fit
93 vs 95
Quality Score
67 vs 62

Hardware

llama3.1:8b mistral:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b mistral:7b
Tokens/sec20.322.0
TTFT315 ms261 ms
Load time1.1 s0.7 s
Memory usage10.4 GB10.1 GB
Memory %33%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed
33/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

mistral:7b

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

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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
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