gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
gemma-3-270m-it-qat-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXgemma3_text · 270M · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
91 vs 43
Hardware Fit
96 vs 99
Quality Score
89 vs 19
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma-3-270m-it-qa…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma-3-270m-it-qa…
Tokens/sec24.7344.2
First chunk610 ms173 ms
TTFT610 ms173 ms
Load time3.6 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB0.3 GB
Memory %45%1%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
gemma-3-270m-it-qat-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
gemma-3-270m-it-qat-mlx
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
3/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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