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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:12b-it-qat

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_0

Excellent

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 88
Hardware Fit
97 vs 86
Quality Score
86 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma4:12b-it-qat
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1812
RAM48 GB24 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma4:12b-it-qat
Tokens/sec129.430.0
First chunk49 ms686 ms
TTFT49 ms7.1 s
Load time0.0 s5.4 s
Memory usage20.5 GB7.1 GB
Memory %43%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

gemma4:12b-it-qat

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-it-qat

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