gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

orca-mini:3b

llama · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

65 vs 54

Hardware Fit

100 vs 100

Quality Score

42 vs 24

Hardware

gemma3:1b orca-mini:3b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b orca-mini:3b

Tokens/sec67.530.6

TTFT666 ms126 ms

Load time7.8 s0.4 s

Memory usage1.3 GB2.6 GB

Memory %4%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

orca-mini:3b

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

orca-mini:3b

Reasoning

2/20

Coding

2/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

3/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

3/10

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

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