gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
gemma3:4b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
Global Score
91 vs 46
Hardware Fit
96 vs 93
Quality Score
89 vs 26
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma3:4b
MachineMacBook ProNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit Super
CPUApple M2 ProCortex-A78AE
Cores106
RAM16 GB7 GB
GPUApple M2 ProIntegrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 26.5Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma3:4b
Tokens/sec24.714.9
First chunk610 ms2204 ms
TTFT610 ms2.2 s
Load time3.6 s2.0 s
Memory usage7.1 GB2.6 GB
Memory %45%35%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
gemma3:4b
Speed
45/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
29/30
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
11/20
Instruction
0/20
Structured
0/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Poor
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