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deepseek-r1:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
60 vs 91
Hardware Fit
90 vs 96
Quality Score
47 vs 89

Hardware

deepseek-r1:1.5b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Pro
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M2 Pro
Cores610
RAM7 GB16 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M2 Pro
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

deepseek-r1:1.5b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec34.624.7
First chunk5314 ms610 ms
TTFT5.3 s610 ms
Load time5.1 s3.6 s
Memory usage1.1 GB7.1 GB
Memory %15%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

deepseek-r1:1.5b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
10/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Quality

deepseek-r1:1.5b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
4/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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