gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
91 vs 64
Hardware Fit
96 vs 100
Quality Score
89 vs 49
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx smollm2:1.7b
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 smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec24.751.8
First chunk610 msN/A
TTFT610 ms84 ms
Load time3.6 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB3.7 GB
Memory %45%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
smollm2:1.7b
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
smollm2:1.7b
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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