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qwen3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Nov 4, 2026 · Intel Core™ i7-9700

llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
29 vs 75
Hardware Fit
84 vs 93
Quality Score
6 vs 67

Hardware

qwen3:4b llama3.1:8b
MachineVMware, Inc. VMware Virtual PlatformMacBook Air
CPUIntel Core™ i7-9700Apple M4
Cores410
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M4
OSUbuntu 24.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

qwen3:4b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec10.420.3
First chunk857 msN/A
TTFT857 ms315 ms
Load time41.0 s1.1 s
Memory usage3.0 GB10.4 GB
Memory %19%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:4b

Speed
34/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3:4b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
0/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

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
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