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vicuna:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
59 vs 66
Hardware Fit
97 vs 56
Quality Score
43 vs 70

Hardware

vicuna:7b llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMac Mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

vicuna:7b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec23.45.5
TTFT242 ms1.4 s
Load time0.4 s3.7 s
Memory usage5.8 GB28.6 GB
Memory %18%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

vicuna:7b

Speed
37/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed
5/40
TTFT
22/30
Memory
29/30

Quality

vicuna:7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
12/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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