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gemma3:12b

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral:7b

llama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 61
Hardware Fit
83 vs 81
Quality Score
78 vs 48

Hardware

gemma3:12b mistral:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

gemma3:12b mistral:7b
Tokens/sec12.713.6
TTFT560 ms517 ms
Load time2.8 s3.0 s
Memory usage11.0 GB10.1 GB
Memory %34%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

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

mistral:7b

Speed
21/40
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:7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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