ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma3:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
76 vs 80
Hardware Fit
89 vs 83
Quality Score
71 vs 78
Hardware
ministral-3:8b gemma3:12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
ministral-3:8b gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec19.512.7
First chunk328 msN/A
TTFT328 ms560 ms
Load time1.5 s2.8 s
Memory usage10.6 GB11.0 GB
Memory %33%34%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:8b
Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma3:12b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
ministral-3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
gemma3:12b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest