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gemma2:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

smollm2:360m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 361.82M · F16

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 52
Hardware Fit
89 vs 100
Quality Score
71 vs 32

Hardware

gemma2:9b smollm2:360m
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:9b smollm2:360m
Tokens/sec17.5117.9
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT347 ms43 ms
Load time0.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage8.2 GB1.2 GB
Memory %26%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:9b

Speed
29/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

smollm2:360m

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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

smollm2:360m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
9/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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