google/gemma-3-12b

gemma3 · 12B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:latest

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score

77 vs 73

Hardware Fit

72 vs 100

Quality Score

79 vs 61

Hardware

google/gemma-3-12b llama3.2:latest

MachineMacBook AirMac Mini

CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

Cores1014

RAM32 GB64 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

google/gemma-3-12b llama3.2:latest

Tokens/sec7.998.9

TTFT1.8 s125 ms

Load time0.0 s2.3 s

Memory usage0.0 GB22.1 GB

Memory %0%35%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-12b

Speed

14/40

TTFT

28/30

Memory

30/30

llama3.2:latest

Speed

40/40

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

llama3.2:latest

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

14/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

12/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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