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gemma3:4b

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

deepseek-v2:16b

deepseek2 · 15.7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
83 vs 73
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
71 vs 55

Hardware

gemma3:4b deepseek-v2:16b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:4b deepseek-v2:16b
Tokens/sec34.656.6
TTFT303 ms239 ms
Load time1.2 s1.2 s
Memory usage4.6 GB17.7 GB
Memory %14%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:4b

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

deepseek-v2:16b

Speed
40/40
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

deepseek-v2:16b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
10/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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