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qwen3:1.7b

qwen3 · 2.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
70 vs 61
Hardware Fit
87 vs 90
Quality Score
59 vs 42

Hardware

qwen3:1.7b gemma3:1b
Machine—MacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3:1.7b gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec37.987.9
TTFT3.1 s2.3 s
Load time1.2 s0.2 s
Memory usage4.9 GB1.3 GB
Memory %15%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:1.7b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
17/30
Memory
30/30

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
20/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3:1.7b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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