gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

72 vs 77

Hardware Fit

98 vs 93

Quality Score

55 vs 67

Hardware

gemma3:1b llama3.1:8b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b llama3.1:8b

Tokens/sec39.420.3

TTFT362 ms315 ms

Load time0.3 s1.1 s

Memory usage1.3 GB10.4 GB

Memory %4%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

28/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed

33/40

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

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

15/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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