phi3:14b

phi3 · 14.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

66 vs 72

Hardware Fit

83 vs 99

Quality Score

55 vs 54

Hardware

phi3:14b gemma2:2b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

phi3:14b gemma2:2b

Tokens/sec12.753.8

TTFT434 ms170 ms

Load time0.9 s0.6 s

Memory usage17.7 GB2.8 GB

Memory %55%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi3:14b

Speed

23/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

gemma2:2b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

29/30

Quality

phi3:14b

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

2/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

7/15

Math

8/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

gemma2:2b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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