gemma4:e4b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
90 vs 81
Hardware Fit
87 vs 82
Quality Score
91 vs 81
Hardware
gemma4:e4b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:e4b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec35.725.3
First chunk661 ms761 ms
TTFT6.5 s7.7 s
Load time6.1 s3.6 s
Memory usage3.1 GB7.1 GB
Memory %19%44%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:e4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
gemma4:e4b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
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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