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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

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 68
Hardware Fit
46 vs 100
Quality Score
86 vs 54

Hardware

google/gemma-4-12b… lfm2.5-1.2b-instru…
MachineDocker ContainerMacBook Air
CPUIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900HApple M4
Cores1610
RAM15 GB32 GB
GPUTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]Apple M4
OSUbuntu 26.04 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

google/gemma-4-12b… lfm2.5-1.2b-instru…
Tokens/sec5.077.3
First chunk64 ms177 ms
TTFT5.5 s177 ms
Load time9.5 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB1.2 GB
Memory %0%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

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

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

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

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

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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