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gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

phi4-mini:latest

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
67 vs 75
Hardware Fit
79 vs 100
Quality Score
59 vs 58

Hardware

gemma3:12b phi4-mini:latest
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:12b phi4-mini:latest
Tokens/sec12.336.2
TTFT656 ms190 ms
Load time5.5 s0.8 s
Memory usage11.0 GB8.3 GB
Memory %34%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

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

phi4-mini:latest

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

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

phi4-mini:latest

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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