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deepseek-v2:16b

deepseek2 · 15.7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

phi3:14b

phi3 · 14.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
73 vs 66
Hardware Fit
100 vs 83
Quality Score
55 vs 55

Hardware

deepseek-v2:16b phi3:14b
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 phi3:14b
Tokens/sec56.612.7
TTFT239 ms434 ms
Load time1.2 s0.9 s
Memory usage17.7 GB17.7 GB
Memory %55%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

deepseek-v2:16b

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

phi3:14b

Speed
23/40
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

phi3:14b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
7/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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