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nous-hermes2:latest

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral-nemo:12b

llama · 12.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 73
Hardware Fit
87 vs 86
Quality Score
60 vs 65

Hardware

nous-hermes2:latest mistral-nemo:12b
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 mistral-nemo:12b
Tokens/sec15.914.6
TTFT345 ms371 ms
Load time0.4 s1.0 s
Memory usage6.6 GB13.3 GB
Memory %21%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

nous-hermes2:latest

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

mistral-nemo:12b

Speed
26/40
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

mistral-nemo:12b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
11/20
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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