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gemma3:1b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen36-distill-apex

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
68 vs 36
Hardware Fit
98 vs 100
Quality Score
55 vs 8

Hardware

gemma3:1b qwen36-distill-apex
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b qwen36-distill-apex
Tokens/sec39.455.2
First chunkN/A210 ms
TTFT362 ms210 ms
Load time0.3 s4.8 s
Memory usage1.3 GB0.9 GB
Memory %4%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

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

qwen36-distill-apex

Speed
50/50
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

qwen36-distill-apex

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
0/20
Structured
0/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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