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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
91 vs 81
Hardware Fit
96 vs 100
Quality Score
89 vs 73

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx llama-3.1-8b-instr…
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M2 ProAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1012
RAM16 GB31 GB
GPUApple M2 ProNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 26.5Nobara Linux 43
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx llama-3.1-8b-instr…
Tokens/sec24.735.6
First chunk610 ms52 ms
TTFT610 ms256 ms
Load time3.6 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB8.6 GB
Memory %45%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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