gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:0.6b

qwen3 · 751.63M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

65 vs 77

Hardware Fit

100 vs 100

Quality Score

42 vs 62

Hardware

gemma3:1b qwen3:0.6b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b qwen3:0.6b

Tokens/sec67.5145.2

TTFT666 ms1.4 s

Load time7.8 s0.7 s

Memory usage1.3 GB4.1 GB

Memory %4%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

qwen3:0.6b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

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

qwen3:0.6b

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

11/20

Structured

13/15

Math

13/15

Multilingual

8/10

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

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