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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

gemma-3-1b-it

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma3 · 1B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U

Global Score
81 vs 59
Hardware Fit
82 vs 76
Quality Score
81 vs 52

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma-3-1b-it
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M2 ProIntel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores104
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2 ProIntel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 26.5Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma-3-1b-it
Tokens/sec25.38.7
First chunk761 ms2078 ms
TTFT7.7 s2.1 s
Load time3.6 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB0.8 GB
Memory %44%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gemma-3-1b-it

Speed
29/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
28/30

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-3-1b-it

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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