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cogito:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
77 vs 80
Hardware Fit
92 vs 83
Quality Score
70 vs 78

Hardware

cogito:8b gemma3:12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

cogito:8b gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec21.012.7
First chunk312 msN/A
TTFT312 ms560 ms
Load time0.8 s2.8 s
Memory usage10.4 GB11.0 GB
Memory %33%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

cogito:8b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

cogito:8b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:12b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest