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qwen3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 15, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
78 vs 71
Hardware Fit
86 vs 76
Quality Score
74 vs 69

Hardware

qwen3:8b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook Pro
CPUAMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core ProcessorApple M1 Pro
Cores2410
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 TiApple M1 Pro
OSMicrosoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200macOS 26.6.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3:8b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec48.525.0
First chunk202 ms787 ms
TTFT4.3 s30.0 s
Load time4.2 s4.0 s
Memory usage5.5 GB7.1 GB
Memory %9%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:8b

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Quality

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate 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

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