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gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral:latest

llama · 7.2B · Q4_0

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 76
Hardware Fit
83 vs 100
Quality Score
78 vs 60

Hardware

gemma3:12b mistral:latest
MachineMacBook AirMac Mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

gemma3:12b mistral:latest
Tokens/sec12.754.3
TTFT560 ms124 ms
Load time2.8 s0.0 s
Memory usage11.0 GB9.9 GB
Memory %34%15%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

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

mistral:latest

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
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

mistral:latest

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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