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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen2.5:0.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 494.03M · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
91 vs 57
Hardware Fit
96 vs 100
Quality Score
89 vs 39

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen2.5:0.5b
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 qwen2.5:0.5b
Tokens/sec24.7165.0
First chunk610 msN/A
TTFT610 ms81 ms
Load time3.6 s0.5 s
Memory usage7.1 GB1.7 GB
Memory %45%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen2.5:0.5b

Speed
40/50
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

qwen2.5:0.5b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
4/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Weak
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