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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
89 vs 83
Hardware Fit
88 vs 80
Quality Score
89 vs 84

Hardware

gemma4:12b openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec18.4131.7
First chunk758 ms7 ms
TTFT758 ms30.0 s
Load time0.3 sN/A
Memory usage7.5 GB15.8 GB
Memory %47%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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