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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3:14b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
91 vs 90
Hardware Fit
96 vs 97
Quality Score
89 vs 87

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3:14b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3:14b
Tokens/sec24.724.0
First chunk610 ms300 ms
TTFT610 ms300 ms
Load time3.6 s3.6 s
Memory usage7.1 GB13.8 GB
Memory %45%43%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3:14b

Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3:14b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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