google/gemma-3-12b

gemma3 · 12B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

phi4:14b

phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

77 vs 75

Hardware Fit

72 vs 79

Quality Score

79 vs 73

Hardware

google/gemma-3-12b phi4:14b

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 phi4:14b

Tokens/sec7.911.0

TTFT1.8 s532 ms

Load time0.0 s0.7 s

Memory usage0.0 GB13.4 GB

Memory %0%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-12b

Speed

14/40

TTFT

28/30

Memory

30/30

phi4:14b

Speed

19/40

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

phi4:14b

Reasoning

15/20

Coding

18/20

Instruction

10/20

Structured

13/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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