llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

deepseek-r1:14b

qwen2 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

64 vs 25

Hardware Fit

56 vs 46

Quality Score

70 vs 11

Hardware

llama3.1:8b deepseek-r1:14b

MachineMac MiniMacBook Air

CPUApple M4 ProApple M4

Cores1410

RAM64 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4 ProApple M4

OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownunknown

Performance

llama3.1:8b deepseek-r1:14b

Tokens/sec5.510.8

TTFT1.4 s30.0 s

Load time3.7 s5.3 s

Memory usage28.6 GB16.5 GB

Memory %45%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed

5/40

TTFT

22/30

Memory

29/30

deepseek-r1:14b

Speed

16/40

TTFT

0/30

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

deepseek-r1:14b

Reasoning

1/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

2/20

Structured

1/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

6/10

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

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