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gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

falcon:7b

falcon · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 47
Hardware Fit
83 vs 98
Quality Score
78 vs 13

Hardware

gemma3:12b falcon:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:12b falcon:7b
Tokens/sec12.724.3
TTFT560 ms256 ms
Load time2.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage11.0 GB4.0 GB
Memory %34%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

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

falcon:7b

Speed
38/40
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

falcon:7b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
1/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
4/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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