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gemma4:12b-it-qat

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_0

Excellent

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
88 vs 76
Hardware Fit
86 vs 46
Quality Score
89 vs 89

Hardware

gemma4:12b-it-qat gemma4:31b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1216
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-it-qat gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec30.022.4
First chunk686 ms565 ms
TTFT7.1 s30.0 s
Load time5.4 s6.9 s
Memory usage7.1 GB43.9 GB
Memory %30%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-it-qat

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

gemma4:31b

Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30

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

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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