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gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
50 vs 75
Hardware Fit
97 vs 93
Quality Score
30 vs 67

Hardware

gemma3:270m llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M3 ProApple M4
Cores1210
RAM36 GB32 GB
GPUApple M3 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:270m llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec239.220.3
First chunk127 msN/A
TTFT127 ms315 ms
Load time0.7 s1.1 s
Memory usage0.6 GB10.4 GB
Memory %2%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:270m

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

llama3.1:8b

Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

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

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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