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gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

ornith-1.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 69
Hardware Fit
83 vs 95
Quality Score
78 vs 58

Hardware

gemma3:12b ornith-1.5:9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:12b ornith-1.5:9b
Tokens/sec12.722.2
First chunkN/A341 ms
TTFT560 ms341 ms
Load time2.8 s4.8 s
Memory usage11.0 GB7.1 GB
Memory %34%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

ornith-1.5:9b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

gemma3:12b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

ornith-1.5:9b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
2/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest