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gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

phi:2.7b

phi2 · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
68 vs 59
Hardware Fit
98 vs 100
Quality Score
55 vs 41

Hardware

gemma3:1b phi:2.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b phi:2.7b
Tokens/sec39.456.6
TTFT362 ms110 ms
Load time0.3 s0.4 s
Memory usage1.3 GB2.2 GB
Memory %4%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
28/30

phi:2.7b

Speed
40/40
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

phi:2.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
11/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Poor
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