gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

phi3:14b

phi3 · 14.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

68 vs 63

Hardware Fit

98 vs 83

Quality Score

55 vs 55

Hardware

gemma3:1b phi3:14b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b phi3:14b

Tokens/sec39.412.7

TTFT362 ms434 ms

Load time0.3 s0.9 s

Memory usage1.3 GB17.7 GB

Memory %4%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

28/30

phi3:14b

Speed

23/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

gemma3:1b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

12/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

8/10

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

phi3:14b

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

2/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

7/15

Math

8/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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