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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

phi4:14b

OLLAMA GGUF

phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
89 vs 75
Hardware Fit
88 vs 79
Quality Score
89 vs 73

Hardware

gemma4:12b phi4:14b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b phi4:14b
Tokens/sec18.411.0
First chunk758 msN/A
TTFT758 ms532 ms
Load time0.3 s0.7 s
Memory usage7.5 GB13.4 GB
Memory %47%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

phi4:14b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
30/20
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

phi4:14b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
13/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest