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gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

solar:10.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 63
Hardware Fit
83 vs 87
Quality Score
78 vs 52

Hardware

gemma3:12b solar:10.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:12b solar:10.7b
Tokens/sec12.715.8
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT560 ms353 ms
Load time2.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage11.0 GB6.6 GB
Memory %34%21%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

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

solar:10.7b

Speed
27/50
TTFT
30/20
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

solar:10.7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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