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hermes3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

vicuna:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 59
Hardware Fit
94 vs 97
Quality Score
65 vs 43

Hardware

hermes3:8b vicuna: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 vicuna:7b
Tokens/sec22.323.4
First chunk296 msN/A
TTFT296 ms242 ms
Load time0.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage10.2 GB5.8 GB
Memory %32%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

hermes3:8b

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

vicuna:7b

Speed
37/50
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

vicuna:7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
12/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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