gemma4:12b-it-qat
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_0
Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFAug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
88 vs 71
Hardware Fit
86 vs 76
Quality Score
89 vs 69
Hardware
gemma4:12b-it-qat gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1210
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-it-qat gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec30.025.0
First chunk686 ms787 ms
TTFT7.1 s30.0 s
Load time5.4 s4.0 s
Memory usage7.1 GB7.1 GB
Memory %30%45%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-it-qat
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30
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
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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