gemma3:1b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M
Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
68 vs 63
Hardware Fit
98 vs 62
Quality Score
55 vs 63
Hardware
gemma3:1b gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced
Performance
gemma3:1b gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec39.515.3
First chunkN/A1142 ms
TTFT333 ms30.0 s
Load time1.6 s5.4 s
Memory usage1.3 GB7.6 GB
Memory %4%47%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:1b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30
gemma4:12b
Speed
36/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30
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
gemma4:12b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
14/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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