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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 0.8B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 53
Hardware Fit
88 vs 89
Quality Score
89 vs 38

Hardware

gemma4:12b qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Tokens/sec18.452.9
First chunk758 ms4013 ms
TTFT758 ms4.0 s
Load time0.3 sN/A
Memory usage7.5 GB0.6 GB
Memory %47%1%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

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

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

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest