gemma2:9b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFAug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
76 vs 71
Hardware Fit
89 vs 76
Quality Score
71 vs 69
Hardware
gemma2:9b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma2:9b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec17.525.0
First chunkN/A787 ms
TTFT347 ms30.0 s
Load time0.8 s4.0 s
Memory usage8.2 GB7.1 GB
Memory %26%45%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma2:9b
Speed
29/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
gemma2:9b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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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