What is the best local model for coding on the Apple M4?

On the Apple M4, ornith:9b ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (58.0/100 at ~7.8 tok/s).

What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the Apple M4?

On the Apple M4, qwen2.5:14b-instruct-q4_K_M ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (66.1/100 at ~8.6 tok/s).

Hardware Benchmarks

Name: Apple M4
Brand: Apple

Compare Apple M4 benchmark results and see which models actually earn the best completed quality scores.

GPU-specific specifications for local LLM planning.

Apple M4

Models we recommend for Apple M4.

Fastest

7.6B

19.1 tok/s

Highest token generation speed at 19.1 tok/s.

Best quality & Largest context

9.0B

7.8 tok/sQuality 57.4Context 8,192 tokens

Highest completed quality score at 57.4. Largest context that fits in 16GB VRAM, at 8,192 tokens.

Which models actually run best on the Apple M4, by task, from community benchmark data.

What is the best local model for coding on the Apple M4?: On the Apple M4, ornith:9b ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (58.0/100 at ~7.8 tok/s).
What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the Apple M4?: On the Apple M4, qwen2.5:14b-instruct-q4_K_M ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (66.1/100 at ~8.6 tok/s).

Completed quality-ranked benchmark results for Apple M4.