gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
81 vs 65
Hardware Fit
82 vs 96
Quality Score
81 vs 52
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx starling-lm: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 starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec25.323.8
First chunk761 ms232 ms
TTFT7.7 s232 ms
Load time3.6 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB5.3 GB
Memory %44%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
46/50
TTFT
20/20
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
starling-lm:7b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
3/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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