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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
84 vs 80
Hardware Fit
82 vs 52
Quality Score
85 vs 92

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB128 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec27.216.1
First chunk732 ms14 ms
TTFT8.1 s5.8 s
Load time3.5 s8.5 s
Memory usage7.1 GB0.0 GB
Memory %44%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
5/20
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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
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