gemma4:12b-it-qat
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_0
Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
88 vs 65
Hardware Fit
86 vs 96
Quality Score
89 vs 52
Hardware
gemma4:12b-it-qat starling-lm:7b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1210
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-it-qat starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec30.023.8
First chunk686 ms232 ms
TTFT7.1 s232 ms
Load time5.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB5.3 GB
Memory %30%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-it-qat
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
46/50
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
starling-lm:7b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
3/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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