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rnj-1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 8.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

cogito:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 77
Hardware Fit
93 vs 92
Quality Score
74 vs 70

Hardware

rnj-1:8b cogito:8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

rnj-1:8b cogito:8b
Tokens/sec22.321.0
First chunk404 ms312 ms
TTFT404 ms312 ms
Load time3.7 s0.8 s
Memory usage8.3 GB10.4 GB
Memory %52%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

rnj-1:8b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30

cogito:8b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

rnj-1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
5/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

cogito:8b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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