gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
granite3.1-dense:8b
OLLAMA GGUFgranite · 8.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
84 vs 74
Hardware Fit
82 vs 91
Quality Score
85 vs 66
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx granite3.1-dense:8b
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 granite3.1-dense:8b
Tokens/sec27.218.8
First chunk732 msN/A
TTFT8.1 s308 ms
Load time3.5 s0.6 s
Memory usage7.1 GB13.0 GB
Memory %44%41%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
granite3.1-dense:8b
Speed
31/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
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
granite3.1-dense:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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