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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

hf.co/bartowski/ai9stars_G9v3-3B-GGUF:BF16

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 2.99B · BF16

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
81 vs 76
Hardware Fit
82 vs 92
Quality Score
81 vs 69

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx hf.co/bartowski/ai…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx hf.co/bartowski/ai…
Tokens/sec25.329.9
First chunk761 ms105 ms
TTFT7.7 s105 ms
Load time3.6 s3.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB8.9 GB
Memory %44%56%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

hf.co/bartowski/ai9star…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
22/30

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

hf.co/bartowski/ai9star…

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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