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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

llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
74 vs 72
Hardware Fit
46 vs 77
Quality Score
86 vs 70

Hardware

google/gemma-4-12b… llama3.1:8b
MachineDocker ContainerMacBook Pro
CPUIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900HApple M1 Pro
Cores1610
RAM15 GB16 GB
GPUTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]Apple M1 Pro
OSUbuntu 26.04 LTSmacOS 26.6.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

google/gemma-4-12b… llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec5.021.5
First chunk64 ms368 ms
TTFT5.5 s368 ms
Load time9.5 s6.9 s
Memory usage0.0 GB12.9 GB
Memory %0%81%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

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

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

llama3.1:8b

Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30

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

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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