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gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
33 vs 89
Hardware Fit
50 vs 88
Quality Score
25 vs 89

Hardware

gemma4:26b gemma4:12b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:26b gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec20.018.5
First chunk941 ms752 ms
TTFT30.0 s752 ms
Load time0.2 s6.1 s
Memory usage20.3 GB7.5 GB
Memory %85%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:26b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
8/30

gemma4:12b

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

Quality

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

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

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest