gemma3:4b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFAug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
46 vs 71
Hardware Fit
93 vs 76
Quality Score
26 vs 69
Hardware
gemma3:4b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Pro
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M1 Pro
Cores610
RAM7 GB16 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M1 Pro
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma3:4b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec14.925.0
First chunk2204 ms787 ms
TTFT2.2 s30.0 s
Load time2.0 s4.0 s
Memory usage2.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %35%45%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:4b
Speed
45/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
29/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
gemma3:4b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
0/20
Structured
0/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Poor
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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