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gemma4:12b-it-qat

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_0

Excellent

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
88 vs 85
Hardware Fit
86 vs 77
Quality Score
89 vs 89

Hardware

gemma4:12b-it-qat gemma4:26b
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1210
RAM24 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-it-qat gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec30.024.5
First chunk686 ms1481 ms
TTFT7.1 s1.5 s
Load time5.4 s24.7 s
Memory usage7.1 GB20.3 GB
Memory %30%85%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-it-qat

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

gemma4:26b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30

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

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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