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qwen3:0.6b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 751.63M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
61 vs 63
Hardware Fit
100 vs 62
Quality Score
44 vs 63

Hardware

qwen3:0.6b gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3:0.6b gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec144.315.3
First chunkN/A1142 ms
TTFT81 ms30.0 s
Load time0.9 s5.4 s
Memory usage4.1 GB7.6 GB
Memory %13%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:0.6b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:12b

Speed
36/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3:0.6b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Weak

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
14/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest