gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3:latest

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

80 vs 74

Hardware Fit

100 vs 95

Quality Score

67 vs 60

Hardware

gemma2:2b llama3:latest

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:2b llama3:latest

Tokens/sec55.122.3

TTFT152 ms295 ms

Load time0.6 s0.8 s

Memory usage2.8 GB5.6 GB

Memory %9%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:2b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama3:latest

Speed

35/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

gemma2:2b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

llama3:latest

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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