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phi4-mini:latest

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

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

Hardware

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

Performance

phi4-mini:latest gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec36.212.3
TTFT190 ms656 ms
Load time0.8 s5.5 s
Memory usage8.3 GB11.0 GB
Memory %26%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4-mini:latest

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

gemma3:12b

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

Quality

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

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
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