phi3:3.8b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 3.8B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 84
Hardware Fit
100 vs 82
Quality Score
48 vs 85
Hardware
phi3:3.8b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
phi3:3.8b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec42.027.2
First chunkN/A732 ms
TTFT142 ms8.1 s
Load time1.1 s3.5 s
Memory usage16.0 GB7.1 GB
Memory %50%44%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
phi3:3.8b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
phi3:3.8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
10/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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