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gemma3:4b

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:1b

llama · 1.2B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
83 vs 63
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
71 vs 39

Hardware

gemma3:4b llama3.2:1b
MachineMacBook Air—
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:4b llama3.2:1b
Tokens/sec34.628.2
TTFT303 ms199 ms
Load time1.2 s1.8 s
Memory usage4.6 GB4.3 GB
Memory %14%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:4b

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

llama3.2:1b

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

llama3.2:1b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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