gemma3:4b

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama2:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

80 vs 55

Hardware Fit

100 vs 99

Quality Score

71 vs 36

Hardware

gemma3:4b llama2:7b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:4b llama2:7b

Tokens/sec34.625.1

TTFT303 ms228 ms

Load time1.2 s0.4 s

Memory usage4.6 GB5.8 GB

Memory %14%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:4b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama2:7b

Speed

39/40

TTFT

30/30

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

llama2:7b

Reasoning

4/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

8/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

7/10

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

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