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granite3.1-dense:8b

granite · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 80
Hardware Fit
91 vs 83
Quality Score
66 vs 78

Hardware

granite3.1-dense: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

granite3.1-dense:8b gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec18.812.7
TTFT308 ms560 ms
Load time0.6 s2.8 s
Memory usage13.0 GB11.0 GB
Memory %41%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

granite3.1-dense:8b

Speed
31/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

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

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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