phi4:14b

phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

75 vs 80

Hardware Fit

79 vs 83

Quality Score

73 vs 78

Hardware

phi4:14b gemma3:12b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

phi4:14b gemma3:12b

Tokens/sec11.012.7

TTFT532 ms560 ms

Load time0.7 s2.8 s

Memory usage13.4 GB11.0 GB

Memory %42%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4:14b

Speed

19/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

gemma3:12b

Speed

23/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

phi4:14b

Reasoning

15/20

Coding

18/20

Instruction

10/20

Structured

13/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

gemma3:12b

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

19/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

15/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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