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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
86 vs 91
Hardware Fit
79 vs 96
Quality Score
89 vs 89

Hardware

gemma4:12b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10MacBook Pro
CPUCortex-X925Apple M2 Pro
Cores2010
RAM122 GB16 GB
GPUDevice 2e12Apple M2 Pro
OSUbuntu 24.04.4 LTSmacOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec27.524.7
First chunk484 ms610 ms
TTFT484 ms610 ms
Load time8.2 s3.6 s
Memory usage9.3 GB7.1 GB
Memory %8%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

Speed
29/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Quality

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest