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qwen3.5:0.8b

qwen35 · 873.44M · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-3-12b

gemma3 · 12B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
65 vs 77
Hardware Fit
99 vs 72
Quality Score
51 vs 79

Hardware

qwen3.5:0.8b google/gemma-3-12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:0.8b google/gemma-3-12b
Tokens/sec48.27.9
TTFT195 ms1.8 s
Load time1.0 s0.0 s
Memory usage2.5 GB0.0 GB
Memory %8%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:0.8b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

google/gemma-3-12b

Speed
14/40
TTFT
28/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5:0.8b

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate

google/gemma-3-12b

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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