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gemma3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

cogito:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.6B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 67
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
71 vs 53

Hardware

gemma3:4b cogito:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:4b cogito:3b
Tokens/sec34.645.6
First chunkN/A177 ms
TTFT303 ms177 ms
Load time1.2 s0.8 s
Memory usage4.6 GB7.0 GB
Memory %14%22%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:4b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

cogito:3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma3:4b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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
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