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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
91 vs 89
Hardware Fit
96 vs 97
Quality Score
89 vs 86

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.7129.4
First chunk610 ms49 ms
TTFT610 ms49 ms
Load time3.6 s0.0 s
Memory usage7.1 GB20.5 GB
Memory %45%43%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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