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mistral:7b

llama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:3b

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
61 vs 69
Hardware Fit
81 vs 98
Quality Score
48 vs 49

Hardware

mistral:7b llama3.2:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownunknown

Performance

mistral:7b llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec13.627.8
TTFT517 ms285 ms
Load time3.0 s1.9 s
Memory usage10.1 GB7.0 GB
Memory %32%22%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mistral:7b

Speed
21/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

llama3.2:3b

Speed
38/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

mistral:7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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