gemma3:1b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M
Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4
hermes3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
68 vs 74
Hardware Fit
98 vs 94
Quality Score
55 vs 65
Hardware
gemma3:1b hermes3:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced
Performance
gemma3:1b hermes3:8b
Tokens/sec39.422.3
First chunkN/A296 ms
TTFT362 ms296 ms
Load time0.3 s0.8 s
Memory usage1.3 GB10.2 GB
Memory %4%32%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:1b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30
hermes3:8b
Speed
44/50
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
hermes3:8b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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