gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
neural-chat:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
81 vs 67
Hardware Fit
82 vs 96
Quality Score
81 vs 55
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx neural-chat:7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-mlx neural-chat:7b
Tokens/sec25.322.5
First chunk761 msN/A
TTFT7.7 s242 ms
Load time3.6 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB4.5 GB
Memory %44%14%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
neural-chat:7b
Speed
36/50
TTFT
30/20
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
neural-chat:7b
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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