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gemma3:4b

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

nous-hermes2:latest

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 68
Hardware Fit
100 vs 87
Quality Score
71 vs 60

Hardware

gemma3:4b nous-hermes2:latest
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:4b nous-hermes2:latest
Tokens/sec34.615.9
TTFT303 ms345 ms
Load time1.2 s0.4 s
Memory usage4.6 GB6.6 GB
Memory %14%21%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:4b

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

nous-hermes2:latest

Speed
27/40
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

nous-hermes2:latest

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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