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deepseek-r1:14b

qwen2 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
25 vs 50
Hardware Fit
46 vs 67
Quality Score
11 vs 38

Hardware

deepseek-r1:14b qwen3:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

deepseek-r1:14b qwen3:8b
Tokens/sec10.818.7
TTFT30.0 s12.1 s
Load time5.3 s1.2 s
Memory usage16.5 GB9.5 GB
Memory %52%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

deepseek-r1:14b

Speed
16/40
TTFT
0/30
Memory
30/30

qwen3:8b

Speed
31/40
TTFT
6/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

deepseek-r1:14b

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
5/20
Coding
5/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
12/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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