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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 9, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10400

Global Score
81 vs 80
Hardware Fit
82 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 71

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m
MachineMacBook ProMac Pro
CPUApple M2 ProIntel Core™ i5-10400
Cores1012
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.5.1
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m
Tokens/sec25.375.0
First chunk761 ms136 ms
TTFT7.7 s136 ms
Load time3.6 s0.0 s
Memory usage7.1 GB0.8 GB
Memory %44%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m

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

Quality

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

gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest