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gemma4:12b-it-qat

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_0

Excellent

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
88 vs 71
Hardware Fit
86 vs 35
Quality Score
89 vs 86

Hardware

gemma4:12b-it-qat google/gemma-3-27b
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 google/gemma-3-27b
Tokens/sec30.05.9
First chunk686 ms19 ms
TTFT7.1 s1.8 s
Load time5.4 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB22.0 GB
Memory %30%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-it-qat

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

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed
12/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
4/30

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

google/gemma-3-27b

Reasoning
16/20
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
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