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nous-hermes2:latest

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama2:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
68 vs 55
Hardware Fit
87 vs 99
Quality Score
60 vs 36

Hardware

nous-hermes2:latest llama2:7b
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 llama2:7b
Tokens/sec15.925.1
TTFT345 ms228 ms
Load time0.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage6.6 GB5.8 GB
Memory %21%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

nous-hermes2:latest

Speed
27/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

llama2:7b

Speed
39/40
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

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
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