hermes3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
74 vs 89
Hardware Fit
94 vs 88
Quality Score
65 vs 89
Hardware
hermes3:8b gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
hermes3:8b gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec22.318.4
First chunk296 ms758 ms
TTFT296 ms758 ms
Load time0.8 s0.3 s
Memory usage10.2 GB7.5 GB
Memory %32%47%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
hermes3:8b
Speed
44/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b
Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
hermes3:8b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
gemma4:12b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest