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Best Decision models for knowledge & reasoning for a 16GB Mac

A leaderboard of the best Decision models for knowledge & reasoning for a Mac with 16GB of memory. Published typed-choice knowledge and reasoning evaluations. Each task score uses only the reviewed benchmarks and their original evaluator protocols. Models that run on it show the download that fits and the command to run it.

16 models · 37 benchmarks · updated

Compare tested decision models and inference recipes across text, vision and workflow tasks. Use task filters and raw results: probability consistency measures coherence, not correctness.

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Release dates available for 10 of 16 models. Undated models are omitted; month-only dates are plotted at the start of the month.

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1Jev 1.13 TypeSafe73±1api $0.042/M input tokensdocs.typesafe.ai ↗Decision Index 0.4.1LeanMCP · JevBenchDecision Models as Judges for Hallucination DetectionDecisionPivot · StartLux LabsFreyer et al. · MedQADo We Need an LLM to Know Why Sources Conflict? Decision Models for Knowledge-Conflict Typing in RAG+1
2Perplexity Decider v1.1 (27B) Perplexity73±2api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗LeanMCP · JevBenchDecision Models as Judges for Hallucination DetectionDecisionPivot · StartLux LabsFreyer et al. · MedQA
8d1-ultra Liquid AI70±4api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗Commit or Abstain? System One Decision Models, LLMs, and Missing Legal AuthorityDo We Need an LLM to Know Why Sources Conflict? Decision Models for Knowledge-Conflict Typing in RAGEtsabary · decision benchmarks
12d1 (hosted) Liquid AI68±2api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗LeanMCP · JevBenchDecision Models as Judges for Hallucination DetectionFreyer et al. · MedQADo We Need an LLM to Know Why Sources Conflict? Decision Models for Knowledge-Conflict Typing in RAGEtsabary · decision benchmarks
27Solar Decide Upstage67±2api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗LeanMCP · JevBenchFreyer et al. · MedQA
28Clef-omni Cloudflare67±1api $0.15/M input tokens~87GBdevelopers.cloudflare.com ↗Decision Index 0.4.1LeanMCP · JevBenchFreyer et al. · MedQAEtsabary · decision benchmarks
30Clef Cloudflare66±1api $0.24/M input tokens~68GBdevelopers.cloudflare.com ↗Decision Index 0.4.1LeanMCP · JevBenchDecision Models as Judges for Hallucination DetectionDecisionPivot · StartLux LabsFreyer et al. · MedQAEtsabary · decision benchmarks
35GPT-6 Luna Decisions OpenAI66±2api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗LeanMCP · JevBenchDecision Models as Judges for Hallucination DetectionFreyer et al. · MedQACommit or Abstain? System One Decision Models, LLMs, and Missing Legal AuthorityDo We Need an LLM to Know Why Sources Conflict? Decision Models for Knowledge-Conflict Typing in RAGEtsabary · decision benchmarks
36Mercury Decide (paid endpoint) Inception66±2api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗LeanMCP · JevBenchFreyer et al. · MedQAEtsabary · decision benchmarks
39Span-02 (Gemma 4 26B-A4B) Respan65±1api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗Decision Index 0.4.1Etsabary · decision benchmarks
43d1.1 (hosted) Liquid AI65±7*api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗Etsabary · decision benchmarks
47Clef-flash Cloudflare65±1api $0.038/M input tokens~25GBdevelopers.cloudflare.com ↗Decision Index 0.4.1LeanMCP · JevBenchDecisionPivot · StartLux LabsOllaya · original runsFreyer et al. · MedQAEtsabary · decision benchmarks
55Jev 1.14 TypeSafe64±4api $0.042/M input tokensdocs.typesafe.ai ↗Commit or Abstain? System One Decision Models, LLMs, and Missing Legal AuthorityDo We Need an LLM to Know Why Sources Conflict? Decision Models for Knowledge-Conflict Typing in RAGEtsabary · decision benchmarks
58Microsoft-Decision-1 Microsoft64±2api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗LeanMCP · JevBenchFreyer et al. · MedQADo We Need an LLM to Know Why Sources Conflict? Decision Models for Knowledge-Conflict Typing in RAGEtsabary · decision benchmarks
139Solar Decide Flash Upstage53±2api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗LeanMCP · JevBenchFreyer et al. · MedQAEtsabary · decision benchmarks
187baselabs joey-1 (2B) baselabs42±1api price unknownopenrouter.ai ↗Decision Index 0.4.1Etsabary · decision benchmarks

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* new or thinly tested: ranked on too few benchmark results · † no independently run results verified · ~RAM is estimated; full context may need more memory

16 models · 37 benchmarks · updated