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gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

granite4.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

granite · 3.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 29, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
50 vs 80
Hardware Fit
97 vs 80
Quality Score
30 vs 80

Hardware

gemma3:270m granite4.2:3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M3 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1210
RAM36 GB16 GB
GPUApple M3 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.5macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:270m granite4.2:3b
Tokens/sec239.246.8
First chunk127 ms135 ms
TTFT127 ms135 ms
Load time0.7 s0.0 s
Memory usage0.6 GB12.7 GB
Memory %2%79%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:270m

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

granite4.2:3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30

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

granite4.2:3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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