gemma3:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
phi4:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-X925
Global Score
80 vs 77
Hardware Fit
83 vs 74
Quality Score
78 vs 78
Hardware
gemma3:12b phi4:14b
MachineMacBook AirNVIDIA NVIDIA_DGX_Spark
CPUApple M4Cortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM32 GB122 GB
GPUApple M4Device 2e12
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
gemma3:12b phi4:14b
Tokens/sec12.722.9
First chunkN/A198 ms
TTFT560 ms198 ms
Load time2.8 s10.3 s
Memory usage11.0 GB14.7 GB
Memory %34%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:12b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
phi4:14b
Speed
24/50
TTFT
20/20
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
phi4:14b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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