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gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
50 vs 89
Hardware Fit
97 vs 88
Quality Score
30 vs 89

Hardware

gemma3:270m gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M3 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1210
RAM36 GB16 GB
GPUApple M3 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.5macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:270m gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec239.218.4
First chunk127 ms758 ms
TTFT127 ms758 ms
Load time0.7 s0.3 s
Memory usage0.6 GB7.5 GB
Memory %2%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:270m

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

gemma4:12b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest