llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

mistral:latest

llama · 7.2B · Q4_0

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score

64 vs 76

Hardware Fit

56 vs 100

Quality Score

70 vs 60

Hardware

llama3.1:8b mistral:latest

MachineMac MiniMac Mini

CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro

Cores1414

RAM64 GB64 GB

GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro

OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.7.4

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownunknown

Performance

llama3.1:8b mistral:latest

Tokens/sec5.554.3

TTFT1.4 s124 ms

Load time3.7 s0.0 s

Memory usage28.6 GB9.9 GB

Memory %45%15%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed

5/40

TTFT

22/30

Memory

29/30

mistral:latest

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

mistral:latest

Reasoning

8/20

Coding

15/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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