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gemma3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE

gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 80
Hardware Fit
92 vs 83
Quality Score
69 vs 78

Hardware

gemma3:4b gemma3:12b
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Air
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M4
Cores610
RAM7 GB32 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M4
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:4b gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec15.012.7
First chunk2380 msN/A
TTFT2.4 s560 ms
Load time13.6 s2.8 s
Memory usage2.6 GB11.0 GB
Memory %35%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:4b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
18/20
Memory
29/30

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma3:4b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
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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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest