google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score

76 vs 67

Hardware Fit

100 vs 77

Quality Score

66 vs 63

Hardware

google/gemma-3-4b llama3.2:3b

MachineMacBook AirLENOVO 20U30029MB

CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Cores108

RAM32 GB15 GB

GPUApple M4CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]

OSmacOS 26.3Pop 24.04 LTS

Archarm64x64

Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

google/gemma-3-4b llama3.2:3b

Tokens/sec39.410.0

First chunk468 ms1166 ms

TTFT468 ms1.2 s

Load timeN/A6.8 s

Memory usage2.8 GB3.8 GB

Memory %9%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-4b

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

llama3.2:3b

Speed

27/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

Quality

google/gemma-3-4b

Reasoning

10/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

15/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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