gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-X925
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
86 vs 65
Hardware Fit
78 vs 96
Quality Score
90 vs 52
Hardware
gemma4:12b starling-lm:7b
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA_DGX_SparkMacBook Air
CPUCortex-X925Apple M4
Cores2010
RAM122 GB32 GB
GPUDevice 2e12Apple M4
OSUbuntu 24.04.4 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec26.323.8
First chunk545 ms232 ms
TTFT545 ms232 ms
Load time9.5 s0.4 s
Memory usage8.4 GB5.3 GB
Memory %7%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b
Speed
28/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
46/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
gemma4:12b
Reasoning
18/20
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
starling-lm:7b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
3/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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