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gemma4:12b-it-qat

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_0

Excellent

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
88 vs 87
Hardware Fit
86 vs 83
Quality Score
89 vs 88

Hardware

gemma4:12b-it-qat qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1216
RAM24 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-it-qat qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec30.029.1
First chunk686 ms9 ms
TTFT7.1 s650 ms
Load time5.4 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB21.0 GB
Memory %30%16%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-it-qat

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
33/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest