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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 3, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
84 vs 89
Hardware Fit
82 vs 95
Quality Score
85 vs 87

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:26b
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M2 ProAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1032
RAM16 GB125 GB
GPUApple M2 ProRadeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.5Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec27.248.3
First chunk732 ms346 ms
TTFT8.1 s346 ms
Load time3.5 s4.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB36.1 GB
Memory %44%29%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gemma4:26b

Speed
45/50
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

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest