google/gemma-3-12b

gemma3 · 12B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:0.6b

qwen3 · 751.63M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

77 vs 61

Hardware Fit

72 vs 100

Quality Score

79 vs 44

Hardware

google/gemma-3-12b qwen3:0.6b

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 qwen3:0.6b

Tokens/sec7.9144.3

TTFT1.8 s81 ms

Load time0.0 s0.9 s

Memory usage0.0 GB4.1 GB

Memory %0%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-12b

Speed

14/40

TTFT

28/30

Memory

30/30

qwen3:0.6b

Speed

40/40

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

qwen3:0.6b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

4/20

Instruction

10/20

Structured

13/15

Math

6/15

Multilingual

5/10

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

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