gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score

61 vs 64

Hardware Fit

90 vs 56

Quality Score

42 vs 70

Hardware

gemma3:1b llama3.1:8b

MachineMacBook AirMac Mini

CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

Cores1014

RAM32 GB64 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownunknown

Performance

gemma3:1b llama3.1:8b

Tokens/sec87.95.5

TTFT2.3 s1.4 s

Load time0.2 s3.7 s

Memory usage1.3 GB28.6 GB

Memory %4%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

20/30

Memory

30/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed

5/40

TTFT

22/30

Memory

29/30

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

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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