gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral:7b

llama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

80 vs 61

Hardware Fit

100 vs 81

Quality Score

67 vs 48

Hardware

gemma2:2b mistral:7b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

gemma2:2b mistral:7b

Tokens/sec55.113.6

TTFT152 ms517 ms

Load time0.6 s3.0 s

Memory usage2.8 GB10.1 GB

Memory %9%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:2b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

mistral:7b

Speed

21/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

gemma2:2b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

mistral:7b

Reasoning

8/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

14/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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