gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

72 vs 69

Hardware Fit

98 vs 89

Quality Score

55 vs 56

Hardware

gemma3:1b gemma2:9b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b gemma2:9b

Tokens/sec39.516.8

TTFT333 ms372 ms

Load time1.6 s0.8 s

Memory usage1.3 GB8.2 GB

Memory %4%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

28/30

gemma2:9b

Speed

29/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

gemma3:1b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

12/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

8/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

gemma2:9b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

15/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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