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stablelm2:1.6b

stablelm · 2B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
53 vs 72
Hardware Fit
100 vs 98
Quality Score
22 vs 55

Hardware

stablelm2:1.6b gemma3:1b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

stablelm2:1.6b gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec93.839.4
TTFT94 ms362 ms
Load time0.4 s0.3 s
Memory usage1.1 GB1.3 GB
Memory %3%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

stablelm2:1.6b

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

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
28/30

Quality

stablelm2:1.6b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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