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google/gemma-3-12b

gemma3 · 12B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:27b

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
77 vs 75
Hardware Fit
72 vs 67
Quality Score
79 vs 79

Hardware

google/gemma-3-12b qwen3.5:27b
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 qwen3.5:27b
Tokens/sec7.94.4
TTFT1.8 s1.1 s
Load time0.0 s13.2 s
Memory usage0.0 GB22.7 GB
Memory %0%71%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-12b

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

qwen3.5:27b

Speed
7/40
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

qwen3.5:27b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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