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google/gemma-4-12b-qat

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 12B · Q4_0

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor

hermes3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
92 vs 74
Hardware Fit
100 vs 94
Quality Score
89 vs 65

Hardware

google/gemma-4-12b… hermes3:8b
MachineMicro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7E51MacBook Air
CPUAMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core ProcessorApple M4
Cores1610
RAM31 GB32 GB
GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, AMD Radeon(TM) GraphicsApple M4
OSMicrosoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200macOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-4-12b… hermes3:8b
Tokens/sec90.722.3
First chunk26 ms296 ms
TTFT127 ms296 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage6.7 GB10.2 GB
Memory %21%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-4-12b-qat

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

hermes3:8b

Speed
44/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

google/gemma-4-12b-qat

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

hermes3:8b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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