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gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

nous-hermes2:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
50 vs 68
Hardware Fit
97 vs 87
Quality Score
30 vs 60

Hardware

gemma3:270m nous-hermes2:latest
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 nous-hermes2:latest
Tokens/sec239.215.9
First chunk127 msN/A
TTFT127 ms345 ms
Load time0.7 s0.4 s
Memory usage0.6 GB6.6 GB
Memory %2%21%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:270m

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

nous-hermes2:latest

Speed
27/50
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

nous-hermes2:latest

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest