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deepseek-v2:16b

deepseek2 · 15.7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

orca-mini:3b

llama · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
73 vs 54
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
55 vs 24

Hardware

deepseek-v2:16b orca-mini:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

deepseek-v2:16b orca-mini:3b
Tokens/sec56.630.6
TTFT239 ms126 ms
Load time1.2 s0.4 s
Memory usage17.7 GB2.6 GB
Memory %55%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

deepseek-v2:16b

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

orca-mini:3b

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

Quality

deepseek-v2:16b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
10/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

orca-mini:3b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
3/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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