llama2:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

55 vs 75

Hardware Fit

99 vs 93

Quality Score

36 vs 67

Hardware

llama2:7b llama3.1:8b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama2:7b llama3.1:8b

Tokens/sec25.120.3

TTFT228 ms315 ms

Load time0.4 s1.1 s

Memory usage5.8 GB10.4 GB

Memory %18%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama2:7b

Speed

39/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed

33/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

llama2:7b

Reasoning

4/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

8/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

7/10

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

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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