gemma3:4b

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:1.7b

qwen3 · 2.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

72 vs 70

Hardware Fit

99 vs 87

Quality Score

54 vs 59

Hardware

gemma3:4b qwen3:1.7b

MachineMacBook Air—

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:4b qwen3:1.7b

Tokens/sec35.937.9

TTFT303 ms3.1 s

Load time0.2 s1.2 s

Memory usage4.6 GB4.9 GB

Memory %14%15%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:4b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

29/30

qwen3:1.7b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

17/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

gemma3:4b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

14/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

qwen3:1.7b

Reasoning

16/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

14/15

Math

6/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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