gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

phi:2.7b

phi2 · 3B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

69 vs 65

Hardware Fit

89 vs 100

Quality Score

56 vs 41

Hardware

gemma2:9b phi:2.7b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:9b phi:2.7b

Tokens/sec16.856.6

TTFT372 ms110 ms

Load time0.8 s0.4 s

Memory usage8.2 GB2.2 GB

Memory %26%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:9b

Speed

29/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

phi:2.7b

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

phi:2.7b

Reasoning

7/20

Coding

4/20

Instruction

9/20

Structured

11/15

Math

8/15

Multilingual

2/10

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

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