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google/gemma-3-12b

gemma3 · 12B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

vicuna:13b

llama · 13B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
77 vs 59
Hardware Fit
72 vs 84
Quality Score
79 vs 48

Hardware

google/gemma-3-12b vicuna:13b
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 vicuna:13b
Tokens/sec7.913.4
TTFT1.8 s438 ms
Load time0.0 s0.6 s
Memory usage0.0 GB10.3 GB
Memory %0%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-12b

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

vicuna:13b

Speed
24/40
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

vicuna:13b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
5/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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