gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
gemma3:270m
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro
Global Score
91 vs 50
Hardware Fit
96 vs 97
Quality Score
89 vs 30
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma3:270m
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M3 Pro
Cores1012
RAM16 GB36 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec24.7239.2
First chunk610 ms127 ms
TTFT610 ms127 ms
Load time3.6 s0.7 s
Memory usage7.1 GB0.6 GB
Memory %45%2%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
gemma3:270m
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
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
gemma3:270m
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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