codellama:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

63 vs 65

Hardware Fit

97 vs 93

Quality Score

49 vs 53

Hardware

codellama:7b llama3.1:8b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

codellama:7b llama3.1:8b

Tokens/sec23.620.2

TTFT297 ms481 ms

Load time0.9 s3.4 s

Memory usage12.6 GB10.4 GB

Memory %39%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

codellama:7b

Speed

37/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed

33/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

codellama:7b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

7/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

13/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

8/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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