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aya-expanse:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

command-r · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
72 vs 68
Hardware Fit
89 vs 91
Quality Score
65 vs 58

Hardware

aya-expanse:8b qwen3.5:4b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

aya-expanse:8b qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Tokens/sec19.742.2
First chunk350 ms201 ms
TTFT350 ms4.4 s
Load time0.9 s0.0 s
Memory usage6.2 GB3.8 GB
Memory %20%24%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

aya-expanse:8b

Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

aya-expanse:8b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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