llama2:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:1b

llama · 1.2B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

61 vs 63

Hardware Fit

99 vs 100

Quality Score

36 vs 39

Hardware

llama2:7b llama3.2:1b

MachineMacBook Air—

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama2:7b llama3.2:1b

Tokens/sec25.128.2

TTFT228 ms199 ms

Load time0.4 s1.8 s

Memory usage5.8 GB4.3 GB

Memory %18%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama2:7b

Speed

39/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama3.2:1b

Speed

40/40

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

llama3.2:1b

Reasoning

4/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

7/10

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

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