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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:12b-it-qat

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_0

Excellent

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
62 vs 88
Hardware Fit
35 vs 86
Quality Score
73 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx gemma4:12b-it-qat
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1412
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx gemma4:12b-it-qat
Tokens/sec0.030.0
First chunk5548 ms686 ms
TTFT5.5 s7.1 s
Load timeN/A5.4 s
Memory usage2.9 GB7.1 GB
Memory %5%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Speed
0/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
29/30

gemma4:12b-it-qat

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

Quality

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
8/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-it-qat

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest