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gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
85 vs 81
Hardware Fit
64 vs 82
Quality Score
94 vs 81

Hardware

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1610
RAM128 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec13.625.3
First chunk16 ms761 ms
TTFT558 ms7.7 s
Load time12.3 s3.6 s
Memory usage0.0 GB7.1 GB
Memory %0%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed
14/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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