mistral-nemo:12b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 12.2B · Q4_0
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
71 vs 91
Hardware Fit
86 vs 96
Quality Score
65 vs 89
Hardware
mistral-nemo:12b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mistral-nemo:12b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec14.624.7
First chunkN/A610 ms
TTFT371 ms610 ms
Load time1.0 s3.6 s
Memory usage13.3 GB7.1 GB
Memory %42%45%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mistral-nemo:12b
Speed
26/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
mistral-nemo:12b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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