gemma3:270m
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro
mistral-nemo:12b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 12.2B · Q4_0
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
50 vs 71
Hardware Fit
97 vs 86
Quality Score
30 vs 65
Hardware
gemma3:270m mistral-nemo:12b
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 mistral-nemo:12b
Tokens/sec239.214.6
First chunk127 msN/A
TTFT127 ms371 ms
Load time0.7 s1.0 s
Memory usage0.6 GB13.3 GB
Memory %2%42%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:270m
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
mistral-nemo:12b
Speed
26/50
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
mistral-nemo:12b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest