gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
mlx-community/gemma-3-1b-it-8bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
81 vs 72
Hardware Fit
82 vs 99
Quality Score
81 vs 61
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx mlx-community/gemm…
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 mlx-community/gemm…
Tokens/sec25.386.3
First chunk761 ms253 ms
TTFT7.7 s253 ms
Load time3.6 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB1.1 GB
Memory %44%4%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
mlx-community/gemma-3-1…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
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
mlx-community/gemma-3-1…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest