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qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
87 vs 71
Hardware Fit
85 vs 76
Quality Score
88 vs 69

Hardware

qwen3-coder-30b-a3… gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-coder-30b-a3… gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec45.725.0
First chunk17 ms787 ms
TTFT390 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A4.0 s
Memory usage22.4 GB7.1 GB
Memory %70%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
19/20
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

gemma4:12b-mlx

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