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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

Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
50 vs 77
Hardware Fit
97 vs 59
Quality Score
30 vs 84

Hardware

gemma3:270m gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook ProASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M3 ProCortex-X925
Cores1220
RAM36 GB122 GB
GPUApple M3 ProDevice 2e12
OSmacOS 15.7.5Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma3:270m gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec239.226.8
First chunk127 ms632 ms
TTFT127 ms30.0 s
Load time0.7 s5.4 s
Memory usage0.6 GB9.3 GB
Memory %2%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:270m

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

gemma4:12b

Speed
29/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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