gemma3:4b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
80 vs 81
Hardware Fit
100 vs 82
Quality Score
71 vs 81
Hardware
gemma3:4b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma3:4b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec34.625.3
First chunkN/A761 ms
TTFT303 ms7.7 s
Load time1.2 s3.6 s
Memory usage4.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %14%44%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:4b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
gemma3:4b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest