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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen2.5:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 17, 2026 · ZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000

Global Score
91 vs 65
Hardware Fit
96 vs 87
Quality Score
89 vs 56

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen2.5:1.5b
MachineMacBook ProShanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ZXE CRB
CPUApple M2 ProZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000
Cores108
RAM16 GB30 GB
GPUApple M2 ProZX C-1190
OSmacOS 26.5Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26100
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen2.5:1.5b
Tokens/sec24.716.8
First chunk610 ms941 ms
TTFT610 ms941 ms
Load time3.6 s0.2 s
Memory usage7.1 GB1.0 GB
Memory %45%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
37/50
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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest