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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
81 vs 66
Hardware Fit
82 vs 40
Quality Score
81 vs 77

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:31b
MachineMacBook ProASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M2 ProCortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM16 GB122 GB
GPUApple M2 ProDevice 2e12
OSmacOS 26.5Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec25.310.7
First chunk761 ms983 ms
TTFT7.7 s20.3 s
Load time3.6 s8.8 s
Memory usage7.1 GB21.4 GB
Memory %44%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gemma4:31b

Speed
10/50
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

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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