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qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
69 vs 71
Hardware Fit
85 vs 76
Quality Score
62 vs 69

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec36.925.0
First chunk474 ms787 ms
TTFT6.9 s30.0 s
Load time2.9 s4.0 s
Memory usage5.3 GB7.1 GB
Memory %33%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
29/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
9/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest