gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama2:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

69 vs 61

Hardware Fit

89 vs 99

Quality Score

56 vs 36

Hardware

gemma2:9b llama2:7b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:9b llama2:7b

Tokens/sec16.825.1

TTFT372 ms228 ms

Load time0.8 s0.4 s

Memory usage8.2 GB5.8 GB

Memory %26%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:9b

Speed

29/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama2:7b

Speed

39/40

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

llama2:7b

Reasoning

4/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

8/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

7/10

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

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