gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
89 vs 58
Hardware Fit
88 vs 68
Quality Score
89 vs 54
Hardware
gemma4:12b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec18.416.7
First chunk758 ms23 ms
TTFT758 ms14.1 s
Load time0.3 sN/A
Memory usage7.5 GB7.8 GB
Memory %47%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b
Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
gemma4:12b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest