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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.5:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
81 vs 66
Hardware Fit
82 vs 34
Quality Score
81 vs 80

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:27b
Tokens/sec25.34.0
First chunk761 ms1655 ms
TTFT7.7 s1.7 s
Load time3.6 s12.9 s
Memory usage7.1 GB21.3 GB
Memory %44%89%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:27b

Speed
8/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
6/30

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

qwen3.5:27b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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