gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
gemma4:26b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M
Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
81 vs 33
Hardware Fit
82 vs 50
Quality Score
81 vs 25
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:26b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec25.320.0
First chunk761 ms941 ms
TTFT7.7 s30.0 s
Load time3.6 s0.2 s
Memory usage7.1 GB20.3 GB
Memory %44%85%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
gemma4:26b
Speed
42/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
8/30
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
gemma4:26b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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