gemma3:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma3:270m
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro
Global Score
80 vs 50
Hardware Fit
83 vs 97
Quality Score
78 vs 30
Hardware
gemma3:12b gemma3:270m
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M3 Pro
Cores1012
RAM32 GB36 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma3:12b gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec12.7239.2
First chunkN/A127 ms
TTFT560 ms127 ms
Load time2.8 s0.7 s
Memory usage11.0 GB0.6 GB
Memory %34%2%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:12b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
gemma3:270m
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
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
gemma3:270m
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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