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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
84 vs 53
Hardware Fit
82 vs 72
Quality Score
85 vs 45

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec27.218.6
First chunk732 ms403 ms
TTFT8.1 s10.2 s
Load time3.5 s4.3 s
Memory usage7.1 GB9.1 GB
Memory %44%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
38/50
TTFT
4/20
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

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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