smollm2:360m

llama · 361.82M · F16

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

58 vs 67

Hardware Fit

99 vs 79

Quality Score

30 vs 59

Hardware

smollm2:360m gemma3:12b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

smollm2:360m gemma3:12b

Tokens/sec115.112.3

TTFT39 ms656 ms

Load time0.4 s5.5 s

Memory usage1.2 GB11.0 GB

Memory %4%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

smollm2:360m

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

29/30

gemma3:12b

Speed

19/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

smollm2:360m

Reasoning

4/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

10/20

Structured

9/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

3/10

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

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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