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gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

phi3:3.8b

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
69 vs 69
Hardware Fit
89 vs 100
Quality Score
56 vs 48

Hardware

gemma2:9b phi3:3.8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:9b phi3:3.8b
Tokens/sec16.842.0
TTFT372 ms142 ms
Load time0.8 s1.1 s
Memory usage8.2 GB16.0 GB
Memory %26%50%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:9b

Speed
29/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

phi3:3.8b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma2:9b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

phi3:3.8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
10/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate
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