nous-hermes2:latest

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

68 vs 68

Hardware Fit

87 vs 98

Quality Score

60 vs 55

Hardware

nous-hermes2:latest gemma3:1b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

nous-hermes2:latest gemma3:1b

Tokens/sec15.939.5

TTFT345 ms333 ms

Load time0.4 s1.6 s

Memory usage6.6 GB1.3 GB

Memory %21%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

nous-hermes2:latest

Speed

27/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

28/30

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

gemma3:1b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

12/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

8/10

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

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