gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
gemma3:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
88 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 83
Quality Score
83 vs 78
Hardware
gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 gemma3:12b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec27.812.7
First chunk204 msN/A
TTFT204 ms560 ms
Load time6.6 s2.8 s
Memory usage5.0 GB11.0 GB
Memory %31%34%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma3:12b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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
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