gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
qwen3.6:27b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
81 vs 20
Hardware Fit
82 vs 34
Quality Score
81 vs 14
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.6:27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1012
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.6:27b
Tokens/sec25.310.6
First chunk761 ms1344 ms
TTFT7.7 s30.0 s
Load time3.6 s0.2 s
Memory usage7.1 GB18.1 GB
Memory %44%75%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
qwen3.6:27b
Speed
22/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
12/30
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
qwen3.6:27b
Reasoning
2/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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