gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
91 vs 70
Hardware Fit
96 vs 93
Quality Score
89 vs 60
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5-2b-mlx
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 qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.732.9
First chunk610 ms3096 ms
TTFT610 ms3.1 s
Load time3.6 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB2.5 GB
Memory %45%8%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
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
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest