google/gemma-3-4b

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:0.6b

qwen3 · 751.63M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

74 vs 73

Hardware Fit

93 vs 100

Quality Score

66 vs 62

Hardware

google/gemma-3-4b qwen3:0.6b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-4b qwen3:0.6b

Tokens/sec22.2145.2

TTFT1.9 s1.4 s

Load time0.0 s0.7 s

Memory usage0.0 GB4.1 GB

Memory %0%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-4b

Speed

35/40

TTFT

28/30

Memory

30/30

qwen3:0.6b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

google/gemma-3-4b

Reasoning

10/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3:0.6b

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

11/20

Structured

13/15

Math

13/15

Multilingual

8/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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