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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
81 vs 85
Hardware Fit
82 vs 80
Quality Score
81 vs 87

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:26b-nvfp4
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:26b-nvfp4
Tokens/sec25.365.7
First chunk761 ms233 ms
TTFT7.7 s30.0 s
Load time3.6 s5.0 s
Memory usage7.1 GB15.2 GB
Memory %44%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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