google/gemma-3-4b

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

74 vs 64

Hardware Fit

93 vs 100

Quality Score

66 vs 49

Hardware

google/gemma-3-4b smollm2:1.7b

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 smollm2:1.7b

Tokens/sec22.251.8

TTFT1.9 s84 ms

Load time0.0 s0.4 s

Memory usage0.0 GB3.7 GB

Memory %0%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-4b

Speed

35/40

TTFT

28/30

Memory

30/30

smollm2:1.7b

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

smollm2:1.7b

Reasoning

7/20

Coding

10/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

13/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

6/10

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

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