nous-hermes2:latest

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:4b

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

71 vs 72

Hardware Fit

87 vs 99

Quality Score

60 vs 54

Hardware

nous-hermes2:latest gemma3:4b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

nous-hermes2:latest gemma3:4b

Tokens/sec15.935.9

TTFT345 ms303 ms

Load time0.4 s0.2 s

Memory usage6.6 GB4.6 GB

Memory %21%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

nous-hermes2:latest

Speed

27/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

gemma3:4b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

29/30

Quality

nous-hermes2:latest

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

gemma3:4b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

14/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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