gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama2:13b

llama · 13B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

76 vs 56

Hardware Fit

89 vs 84

Quality Score

71 vs 44

Hardware

gemma2:9b llama2:13b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:9b llama2:13b

Tokens/sec17.513.5

TTFT347 ms415 ms

Load time0.8 s0.6 s

Memory usage8.2 GB10.3 GB

Memory %26%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:9b

Speed

29/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama2:13b

Speed

24/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

gemma2:9b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

15/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

15/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

llama2:13b

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

7/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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