gemma3:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e4b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 23, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
80 vs 90
Hardware Fit
83 vs 88
Quality Score
78 vs 91
Hardware
gemma3:12b gemma4:e4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma3:12b gemma4:e4b
Tokens/sec12.735.5
First chunkN/A296 ms
TTFT560 ms6.1 s
Load time2.8 s5.3 s
Memory usage11.0 GB3.1 GB
Memory %34%19%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:12b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:e4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
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
gemma4:e4b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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