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gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 9, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10400

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 71
Hardware Fit
100 vs 76
Quality Score
71 vs 69

Hardware

gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac ProMacBook Pro
CPUIntel Core™ i5-10400Apple M1 Pro
Cores1210
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.1macOS 26.6.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec75.025.0
First chunk136 ms787 ms
TTFT136 ms30.0 s
Load time0.0 s4.0 s
Memory usage0.8 GB7.1 GB
Memory %3%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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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$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest