gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

phi4-mini

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

61 vs 39

Hardware Fit

90 vs 66

Quality Score

42 vs 21

Hardware

gemma3:1b phi4-mini

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b phi4-mini

Tokens/sec87.921.8

TTFT2.3 s9.6 s

Load time0.2 s3.5 s

Memory usage1.3 GB0.0 GB

Memory %4%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

20/30

Memory

30/30

phi4-mini

Speed

31/40

TTFT

5/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

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

phi4-mini

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

0/20

Structured

0/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

5/10

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

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