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google/gemma-3-12b

gemma3 · 12B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

deepseek-coder:6.7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
77 vs 57
Hardware Fit
72 vs 98
Quality Score
79 vs 39

Hardware

google/gemma-3-12b deepseek-coder:6.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-12b deepseek-coder:6.7b
Tokens/sec7.924.1
TTFT1.8 s251 ms
Load time0.0 s0.9 s
Memory usage0.0 GB12.6 GB
Memory %0%39%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-12b

Speed
14/40
TTFT
28/30
Memory
30/30

deepseek-coder:6.7b

Speed
38/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

google/gemma-3-12b

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

deepseek-coder:6.7b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
6/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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