gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
lmstudio-community/meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct
LM-STUDIO GGUFllama · 8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
84 vs 78
Hardware Fit
82 vs 100
Quality Score
85 vs 69
Hardware
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MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec27.246.0
First chunk732 ms245 ms
TTFT8.1 s245 ms
Load time3.5 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB4.6 GB
Memory %44%7%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
lmstudio-community/meta…
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
lmstudio-community/meta…
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest