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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E4B-it-GGUF:Q5_K_M

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 7.52B · unknown

Excellent

Aug 23, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
84 vs 88
Hardware Fit
82 vs 100
Quality Score
85 vs 83

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx hf.co/unsloth/gemm…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx hf.co/unsloth/gemm…
Tokens/sec27.228.3
First chunk732 ms224 ms
TTFT8.1 s224 ms
Load time3.5 s4.5 s
Memory usage7.1 GB3.6 GB
Memory %44%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E…

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

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E…

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest