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google/gemma-4-12b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 12B · Q4_0

Good

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 58
Hardware Fit
46 vs 68
Quality Score
86 vs 54

Hardware

google/gemma-4-12b… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineDocker ContainerMac mini
CPUIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900HApple M4
Cores1610
RAM15 GB24 GB
GPUTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]Apple M4
OSUbuntu 26.04 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

google/gemma-4-12b… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec5.016.7
First chunk64 ms23 ms
TTFT5.5 s14.1 s
Load time9.5 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB7.8 GB
Memory %0%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-4-12b-it-qat

Speed
9/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30

Quality

google/gemma-4-12b-it-qat

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
9/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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