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gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

aya:8b

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 70
Hardware Fit
83 vs 92
Quality Score
78 vs 55

Hardware

gemma3:12b aya:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:12b aya:8b
Tokens/sec12.720.0
TTFT560 ms300 ms
Load time2.8 s0.9 s
Memory usage11.0 GB6.0 GB
Memory %34%19%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

aya:8b

Speed
32/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

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

aya:8b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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