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mistral-nemo:12b

llama · 12.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

phi:2.7b

phi2 · 3B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
73 vs 65
Hardware Fit
86 vs 100
Quality Score
65 vs 41

Hardware

mistral-nemo:12b phi:2.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mistral-nemo:12b phi:2.7b
Tokens/sec14.656.6
TTFT371 ms110 ms
Load time1.0 s0.4 s
Memory usage13.3 GB2.2 GB
Memory %42%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mistral-nemo:12b

Speed
26/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

phi:2.7b

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

Quality

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

phi:2.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
11/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Poor
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