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llama-3.2-3b-instruct

llama · 3B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
72 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 83
Quality Score
60 vs 78

Hardware

llama-3.2-3b-instr… gemma3:12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama-3.2-3b-instr… gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec48.212.7
TTFT265 ms560 ms
Load time0.0 s2.8 s
Memory usage0.0 GB11.0 GB
Memory %0%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.2-3b-instruct

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

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

llama-3.2-3b-instruct

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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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