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qwen2.5:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 7.6B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
84 vs 71
Hardware Fit
95 vs 76
Quality Score
79 vs 69

Hardware

qwen2.5:7b gemma4:12b-mlx
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

qwen2.5:7b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec22.225.0
First chunkN/A787 ms
TTFT285 ms30.0 s
Load time0.8 s4.0 s
Memory usage7.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %24%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:7b

Speed
35/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Quality

qwen2.5:7b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest