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deepseek-v2:16b

deepseek2 · 15.7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral:7b

llama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
73 vs 75
Hardware Fit
100 vs 95
Quality Score
55 vs 62

Hardware

deepseek-v2:16b mistral:7b
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 mistral:7b
Tokens/sec56.622.0
TTFT239 ms261 ms
Load time1.2 s0.7 s
Memory usage17.7 GB10.1 GB
Memory %55%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

deepseek-v2:16b

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

mistral:7b

Speed
35/40
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

mistral:7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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