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gemma3:1b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
68 vs 86
Hardware Fit
98 vs 78
Quality Score
55 vs 90

Hardware

gemma3:1b gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook AirNVIDIA NVIDIA_DGX_Spark
CPUApple M4Cortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM32 GB122 GB
GPUApple M4Device 2e12
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownperformance

Performance

gemma3:1b gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec39.426.3
First chunkN/A545 ms
TTFT362 ms545 ms
Load time0.3 s9.5 s
Memory usage1.3 GB8.4 GB
Memory %4%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30

gemma4:12b

Speed
28/50
TTFT
20/20
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

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest