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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
89 vs 80
Hardware Fit
88 vs 77
Quality Score
89 vs 81

Hardware

gemma4:12b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec18.4129.8
First chunk758 ms77 ms
TTFT758 ms30.0 s
Load time0.3 s1.8 s
Memory usage7.5 GB19.7 GB
Memory %47%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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