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gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
85 vs 81
Hardware Fit
77 vs 82
Quality Score
89 vs 81

Hardware

gemma4:26b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:26b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.525.3
First chunk1481 ms761 ms
TTFT1.5 s7.7 s
Load time24.7 s3.6 s
Memory usage20.3 GB7.1 GB
Memory %85%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:26b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Quality

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
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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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest