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gemma2:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

granite4.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

granite · 3.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 29, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
76 vs 80
Hardware Fit
89 vs 80
Quality Score
71 vs 80

Hardware

gemma2:9b granite4.2:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:9b granite4.2:3b
Tokens/sec17.546.8
First chunkN/A135 ms
TTFT347 ms135 ms
Load time0.8 s0.0 s
Memory usage8.2 GB12.7 GB
Memory %26%79%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:9b

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

granite4.2:3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30

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

granite4.2:3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest