qwen3.5:0.8b

qwen35 · 873.44M · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

65 vs 68

Hardware Fit

99 vs 98

Quality Score

51 vs 55

Hardware

qwen3.5:0.8b gemma3:1b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.5:0.8b gemma3:1b

Tokens/sec48.239.5

TTFT195 ms333 ms

Load time1.0 s1.6 s

Memory usage2.5 GB1.3 GB

Memory %8%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:0.8b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

29/30

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

28/30

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

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

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