gemma4:12b-fast
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Nov 13, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
85 vs 84
Hardware Fit
80 vs 82
Quality Score
87 vs 85
Hardware
gemma4:12b-fast gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineASUSMacBook Pro
CPUIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700Apple M2 Pro
Cores2010
RAM30 GB16 GB
GPUAlder Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770], NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060Apple M2 Pro
OSUbuntu 26.04.1 LTSmacOS 26.5
Archx64arm64
Power Modelow-powerbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-fast gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec75.927.2
First chunk169 ms732 ms
TTFT30.0 s8.1 s
Load time8.4 s3.5 s
Memory usage1.3 GB7.1 GB
Memory %5%44%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-fast
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
gemma4:12b-fast
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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