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llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 25, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
74 vs 71
Hardware Fit
99 vs 76
Quality Score
63 vs 69

Hardware

llama3.2:3b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Pro
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M1 Pro
Cores610
RAM7 GB16 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M1 Pro
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.2:3b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec21.125.0
First chunk1032 ms787 ms
TTFT1.0 s30.0 s
Load time8.4 s4.0 s
Memory usage2.4 GB7.1 GB
Memory %32%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:3b

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest