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google/gemma-3-12b

gemma3 · 12B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:4b

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
77 vs 80
Hardware Fit
72 vs 88
Quality Score
79 vs 76

Hardware

google/gemma-3-12b qwen3.5:4b
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 qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec7.916.6
TTFT1.8 s369 ms
Load time0.0 s1.5 s
Memory usage0.0 GB6.5 GB
Memory %0%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-12b

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
28/40
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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