llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

mistral-nemo:12b

llama · 12.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

64 vs 73

Hardware Fit

56 vs 86

Quality Score

70 vs 65

Hardware

llama3.1:8b mistral-nemo:12b

MachineMac MiniMacBook Air

CPUApple M4 ProApple M4

Cores1410

RAM64 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4 ProApple M4

OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b mistral-nemo:12b

Tokens/sec5.514.6

TTFT1.4 s371 ms

Load time3.7 s1.0 s

Memory usage28.6 GB13.3 GB

Memory %45%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed

5/40

TTFT

22/30

Memory

29/30

mistral-nemo:12b

Speed

26/40

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-nemo:12b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

11/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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