mistral:latest

llama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

76 vs 65

Hardware Fit

96 vs 100

Quality Score

63 vs 42

Hardware

mistral: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

mistral:latest gemma3:1b

Tokens/sec22.567.5

TTFT257 ms666 ms

Load time0.6 s7.8 s

Memory usage10.1 GB1.3 GB

Memory %32%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mistral:latest

Speed

36/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

mistral:latest

Reasoning

8/20

Coding

12/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

14/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

gemma3:1b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

12/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

8/10

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

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