gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
phi3:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.0B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
91 vs 63
Hardware Fit
96 vs 83
Quality Score
89 vs 55
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx phi3:14b
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 phi3:14b
Tokens/sec24.712.7
First chunk610 msN/A
TTFT610 ms434 ms
Load time3.6 s0.9 s
Memory usage7.1 GB17.7 GB
Memory %45%55%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
phi3:14b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
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
phi3:14b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
7/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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