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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
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
34 vs 71
Hardware Fit
100 vs 76
Quality Score
6 vs 69

Hardware

microllm-250m:latest gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1210
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

microllm-250m:latest gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec291.625.0
First chunk50 ms787 ms
TTFT79 ms30.0 s
Load time0.0 s4.0 s
Memory usage0.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %2%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

microllm-250m:latest

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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
14/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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