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google/gemma-3-12b

gemma3 · 12B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:0.8b

qwen35 · 873.44M · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
77 vs 65
Hardware Fit
72 vs 99
Quality Score
79 vs 51

Hardware

google/gemma-3-12b qwen3.5:0.8b
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 qwen3.5:0.8b
Tokens/sec7.948.2
TTFT1.8 s195 ms
Load time0.0 s1.0 s
Memory usage0.0 GB2.5 GB
Memory %0%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-12b

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

qwen3.5:0.8b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

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

qwen3.5:0.8b

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate
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