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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Gemma4-26B:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Intel Core™ Ultra X7 358H

Global Score
84 vs 87
Hardware Fit
82 vs 82
Quality Score
85 vs 89

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx Gemma4-26B:26b
MachineMacBook ProGMKtec NucBox EVO-T2S
CPUApple M2 ProIntel Core™ Ultra X7 358H
Cores1016
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2 ProIntel(R) Arc(TM) B390 GPU
OSmacOS 26.5Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx Gemma4-26B:26b
Tokens/sec27.223.4
First chunk732 ms1073 ms
TTFT8.1 s1.1 s
Load time3.5 s16.0 s
Memory usage7.1 GB16.7 GB
Memory %44%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Gemma4-26B:26b

Speed
32/50
TTFT
20/20
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:26b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong 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