gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

granite3.1-dense:8b

granite · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

72 vs 76

Hardware Fit

99 vs 91

Quality Score

54 vs 66

Hardware

gemma2:2b granite3.1-dense:8b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:2b granite3.1-dense:8b

Tokens/sec53.818.8

TTFT170 ms308 ms

Load time0.6 s0.6 s

Memory usage2.8 GB13.0 GB

Memory %9%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:2b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

29/30

granite3.1-dense:8b

Speed

31/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

gemma2:2b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

granite3.1-dense:8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

11/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

14/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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