gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

80 vs 39

Hardware Fit

83 vs 60

Quality Score

78 vs 30

Hardware

gemma3:12b qwen3:8b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

gemma3:12b qwen3:8b

Tokens/sec12.718.2

TTFT560 ms12.4 s

Load time2.8 s2.7 s

Memory usage11.0 GB9.5 GB

Memory %34%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

Speed

23/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

qwen3:8b

Speed

27/40

TTFT

3/30

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

qwen3:8b

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

5/20

Structured

4/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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