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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
81 vs 59
Hardware Fit
82 vs 69
Quality Score
81 vs 54

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec25.330.5
First chunk761 ms333 ms
TTFT7.7 s30.0 s
Load time3.6 s9.8 s
Memory usage7.1 GB25.1 GB
Memory %44%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
24/30

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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