gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-X925
Global Score
91 vs 86
Hardware Fit
96 vs 78
Quality Score
89 vs 90
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook ProNVIDIA NVIDIA_DGX_Spark
CPUApple M2 ProCortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM16 GB122 GB
GPUApple M2 ProDevice 2e12
OSmacOS 26.5Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec24.726.3
First chunk610 ms545 ms
TTFT610 ms545 ms
Load time3.6 s9.5 s
Memory usage7.1 GB8.4 GB
Memory %45%7%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
gemma4:12b
Speed
28/50
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
gemma4:12b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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