phi3:14b
phi3 · 14.0B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma3:12b
gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
63 vs 65
Hardware Fit
83 vs 79
Quality Score
55 vs 59
Hardware
phi3:14b gemma3:12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown
Performance
phi3:14b gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec12.712.3
TTFT434 ms656 ms
Load time0.9 s5.5 s
Memory usage17.7 GB11.0 GB
Memory %55%34%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
phi3:14b
Speed
23/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30
gemma3:12b
Speed
19/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30
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
gemma3:12b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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