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qwen3.5:4b

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-3-12b

gemma3 · 12B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 77
Hardware Fit
88 vs 72
Quality Score
76 vs 79

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b google/gemma-3-12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b google/gemma-3-12b
Tokens/sec16.67.9
TTFT369 ms1.8 s
Load time1.5 s0.0 s
Memory usage6.5 GB0.0 GB
Memory %20%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
28/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

google/gemma-3-12b

Speed
14/40
TTFT
28/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

google/gemma-3-12b

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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