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qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
42 vs 78
Hardware Fit
60 vs 89
Quality Score
30 vs 71

Hardware

qwen3:8b gemma2:9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

qwen3:8b gemma2:9b
Tokens/sec18.217.5
TTFT12.4 s347 ms
Load time2.7 s0.8 s
Memory usage9.5 GB8.2 GB
Memory %30%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:8b

Speed
27/40
TTFT
3/30
Memory
30/30

gemma2:9b

Speed
29/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
4/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

gemma2:9b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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