nous-hermes2:latest

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

68 vs 77

Hardware Fit

87 vs 100

Quality Score

60 vs 67

Hardware

nous-hermes2:latest gemma2:2b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

nous-hermes2:latest gemma2:2b

Tokens/sec15.955.1

TTFT345 ms152 ms

Load time0.4 s0.6 s

Memory usage6.6 GB2.8 GB

Memory %21%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

nous-hermes2:latest

Speed

27/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

gemma2:2b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

nous-hermes2:latest

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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

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