llama3:latest

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

74 vs 72

Hardware Fit

95 vs 99

Quality Score

60 vs 54

Hardware

llama3:latest gemma2:2b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3:latest gemma2:2b

Tokens/sec22.353.8

TTFT295 ms170 ms

Load time0.8 s0.6 s

Memory usage5.6 GB2.8 GB

Memory %18%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3:latest

Speed

35/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

gemma2:2b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

29/30

Quality

llama3:latest

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

gemma2:2b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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