llama2:13b

llama · 13B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

56 vs 80

Hardware Fit

84 vs 83

Quality Score

44 vs 78

Hardware

llama2:13b gemma3:12b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama2:13b gemma3:12b

Tokens/sec13.512.7

TTFT415 ms560 ms

Load time0.6 s2.8 s

Memory usage10.3 GB11.0 GB

Memory %32%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama2:13b

Speed

24/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

gemma3:12b

Speed

23/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

llama2:13b

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

7/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

gemma3:12b

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

19/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

15/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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