gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
mlx-community/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
84 vs 57
Hardware Fit
82 vs 100
Quality Score
85 vs 39
Hardware
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MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec27.2126.4
First chunk732 ms139 ms
TTFT8.1 s139 ms
Load time3.5 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB0.3 GB
Memory %44%1%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Speed
50/50
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
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
10/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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