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gemma3:4b

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:3b

qwen2 · 3.1B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
72 vs 71
Hardware Fit
99 vs 99
Quality Score
54 vs 53

Hardware

gemma3:4b qwen2.5:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:4b qwen2.5:3b
Tokens/sec35.938.5
TTFT303 ms204 ms
Load time0.2 s0.5 s
Memory usage4.6 GB4.0 GB
Memory %14%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:4b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

qwen2.5:3b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

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

qwen2.5:3b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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