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gemma4:12b-fast

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Nov 13, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700

llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
85 vs 72
Hardware Fit
80 vs 77
Quality Score
87 vs 70

Hardware

gemma4:12b-fast llama3.1:8b
MachineASUSMacBook Pro
CPUIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700Apple M1 Pro
Cores2010
RAM30 GB16 GB
GPUAlder Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770], NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060Apple M1 Pro
OSUbuntu 26.04.1 LTSmacOS 26.6.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modelow-powerbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-fast llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec75.921.5
First chunk169 ms368 ms
TTFT30.0 s368 ms
Load time8.4 s6.9 s
Memory usage1.3 GB12.9 GB
Memory %5%81%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-fast

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30

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

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest