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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8-2B-Distill-GGUF:BF16

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 1.94B · BF16

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
91 vs 76
Hardware Fit
96 vs 100
Quality Score
89 vs 66

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx hf.co/empero-ai/Qw…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx hf.co/empero-ai/Qw…
Tokens/sec24.740.3
First chunk610 ms101 ms
TTFT610 ms101 ms
Load time3.6 s2.7 s
Memory usage7.1 GB4.5 GB
Memory %45%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8…

Speed
50/50
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

hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8…

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest