gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral-nemo:12b

llama · 12.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

76 vs 71

Hardware Fit

89 vs 86

Quality Score

71 vs 65

Hardware

gemma2:9b mistral-nemo:12b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:9b mistral-nemo:12b

Tokens/sec17.514.6

TTFT347 ms371 ms

Load time0.8 s1.0 s

Memory usage8.2 GB13.3 GB

Memory %26%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:9b

Speed

29/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

mistral-nemo:12b

Speed

26/40

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

mistral-nemo:12b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

11/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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