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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

gemma4:e2b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 5.1B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
81 vs 76
Hardware Fit
82 vs 82
Quality Score
81 vs 73

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:e2b
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M2 ProIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores108
RAM16 GB15 GB
GPUApple M2 ProCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.5Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:e2b
Tokens/sec25.313.5
First chunk761 ms1270 ms
TTFT7.7 s1.3 s
Load time3.6 s13.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB6.5 GB
Memory %44%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gemma4:e2b

Speed
35/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

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:e2b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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