gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
qwen3:14b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen3 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max
Global Score
81 vs 58
Hardware Fit
82 vs 82
Quality Score
81 vs 48
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3:14b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3:14b
Tokens/sec25.324.4
First chunk761 ms294 ms
TTFT7.7 s7.9 s
Load time3.6 s3.7 s
Memory usage7.1 GB13.8 GB
Memory %44%43%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
qwen3:14b
Speed
47/50
TTFT
5/20
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
qwen3:14b
Reasoning
13/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
9/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest