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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

yi-coder:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.8B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
91 vs 70
Hardware Fit
96 vs 89
Quality Score
89 vs 62

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx yi-coder:9b
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 yi-coder:9b
Tokens/sec24.719.4
First chunk610 ms287 ms
TTFT610 ms287 ms
Load time3.6 s0.7 s
Memory usage7.1 GB9.6 GB
Memory %45%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

yi-coder:9b

Speed
39/50
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

yi-coder:9b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate
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