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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

gemma3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
91 vs 80
Hardware Fit
96 vs 100
Quality Score
89 vs 71

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma3:4b
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 gemma3:4b
Tokens/sec24.734.6
First chunk610 msN/A
TTFT610 ms303 ms
Load time3.6 s1.2 s
Memory usage7.1 GB4.6 GB
Memory %45%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gemma3:4b

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

gemma3:4b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest