gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:3b

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

68 vs 74

Hardware Fit

98 vs 100

Quality Score

55 vs 63

Hardware

gemma3:1b llama3.2:3b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b llama3.2:3b

Tokens/sec39.544.1

TTFT333 ms178 ms

Load time1.6 s0.8 s

Memory usage1.3 GB7.0 GB

Memory %4%22%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

28/30

llama3.2:3b

Speed

40/40

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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

14/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

12/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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