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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
84 vs 76
Hardware Fit
82 vs 46
Quality Score
85 vs 89

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:31b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec27.222.4
First chunk732 ms565 ms
TTFT8.1 s30.0 s
Load time3.5 s6.9 s
Memory usage7.1 GB43.9 GB
Memory %44%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30

gemma4:31b

Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30

Quality

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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