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gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:4b

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
68 vs 80
Hardware Fit
98 vs 88
Quality Score
55 vs 76

Hardware

gemma3:1b qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec39.416.6
TTFT362 ms369 ms
Load time0.3 s1.5 s
Memory usage1.3 GB6.5 GB
Memory %4%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
28/40
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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