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gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

smollm2:360m

llama · 361.82M · F16

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 51
Hardware Fit
83 vs 99
Quality Score
78 vs 30

Hardware

gemma3:12b smollm2:360m
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:12b smollm2:360m
Tokens/sec12.7115.1
TTFT560 ms39 ms
Load time2.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage11.0 GB1.2 GB
Memory %34%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

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

smollm2:360m

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

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

smollm2:360m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
9/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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