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gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
80 vs 67
Hardware Fit
83 vs 77
Quality Score
78 vs 63

Hardware

gemma3:12b llama3.2:3b
MachineMacBook AirLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores108
RAM32 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.3Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

gemma3:12b llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec12.710.0
First chunkN/A1166 ms
TTFT560 ms1.2 s
Load time2.8 s6.8 s
Memory usage11.0 GB3.8 GB
Memory %34%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

llama3.2:3b

Speed
27/50
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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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