cogito:3b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3.6B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma3:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
67 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 83
Quality Score
53 vs 78
Hardware
cogito:3b gemma3:12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
cogito:3b gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec45.612.7
First chunk177 msN/A
TTFT177 ms560 ms
Load time0.8 s2.8 s
Memory usage7.0 GB11.0 GB
Memory %22%34%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
cogito:3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma3:12b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
cogito:3b
Reasoning
6/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak 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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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest