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hermes3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

phi:2.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

phi2 · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 59
Hardware Fit
94 vs 100
Quality Score
65 vs 41

Hardware

hermes3:8b phi:2.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

hermes3:8b phi:2.7b
Tokens/sec22.356.6
First chunk296 msN/A
TTFT296 ms110 ms
Load time0.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage10.2 GB2.2 GB
Memory %32%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

hermes3:8b

Speed
44/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

phi:2.7b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

hermes3:8b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

phi:2.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
11/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Poor

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