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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

starling-lm:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 65
Hardware Fit
46 vs 96
Quality Score
86 vs 52

Hardware

google/gemma-4-12b… starling-lm:7b
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… starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec5.023.8
First chunk64 ms232 ms
TTFT5.5 s232 ms
Load time9.5 s0.4 s
Memory usage0.0 GB5.3 GB
Memory %0%17%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

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

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

starling-lm:7b

Speed
46/50
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

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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