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qwen3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Nov 4, 2026 · Intel Core™ i7-9700

gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
29 vs 80
Hardware Fit
84 vs 83
Quality Score
6 vs 78

Hardware

qwen3:4b gemma3:12b
MachineVMware, Inc. VMware Virtual PlatformMacBook Air
CPUIntel Core™ i7-9700Apple M4
Cores410
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M4
OSUbuntu 24.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

qwen3:4b gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec10.412.7
First chunk857 msN/A
TTFT857 ms560 ms
Load time41.0 s2.8 s
Memory usage3.0 GB11.0 GB
Memory %19%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:4b

Speed
34/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3:4b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
0/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

gemma3:12b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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