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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Oct 2, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor

Global Score
84 vs 84
Hardware Fit
82 vs 80
Quality Score
85 vs 86

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:26b
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M2 ProAMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
Cores1032
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
OSmacOS 26.5Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26300
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec27.2147.6
First chunk732 ms139 ms
TTFT8.1 s30.0 s
Load time3.5 s21.3 s
Memory usage7.1 GB1.7 GB
Memory %44%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gemma4:26b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest