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gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

orca-mini:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
67 vs 61
Hardware Fit
79 vs 98
Quality Score
59 vs 37

Hardware

gemma3:12b orca-mini:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:12b orca-mini:7b
Tokens/sec12.324.4
TTFT656 ms219 ms
Load time5.5 s0.4 s
Memory usage11.0 GB5.8 GB
Memory %34%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

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

orca-mini:7b

Speed
38/40
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

orca-mini:7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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