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microllm-250m:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 256.74M · F16

Not Rec.

Jul 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
34 vs 81
Hardware Fit
100 vs 82
Quality Score
6 vs 81

Hardware

microllm-250m:latest gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1210
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

microllm-250m:latest gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec291.625.3
First chunk50 ms761 ms
TTFT79 ms7.7 s
Load time0.0 s3.6 s
Memory usage0.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %2%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

microllm-250m:latest

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Quality

microllm-250m:latest

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
0/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest