Back to leaderboard

gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

granite3.1-dense:2b

granite · 2.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
67 vs 67
Hardware Fit
79 vs 99
Quality Score
59 vs 45

Hardware

gemma3:12b granite3.1-dense:2b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:12b granite3.1-dense:2b
Tokens/sec12.353.4
TTFT656 ms122 ms
Load time5.5 s0.4 s
Memory usage11.0 GB5.6 GB
Memory %34%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

Speed
19/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

granite3.1-dense:2b

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

Quality

gemma3:12b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

granite3.1-dense:2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
View gemma3:12b details | View granite3.1-dense:2b details

Run yours and compare

npx metrillm@latest bench

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running