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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:e4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Sep 15, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-14400F

Global Score
71 vs 87
Hardware Fit
76 vs 100
Quality Score
69 vs 81

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:e4b
MachineMacBook ProGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B760 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Core™ i5-14400F
Cores1016
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Professionnel 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma4:e4b
Tokens/sec25.082.1
First chunk787 ms64 ms
TTFT30.0 s64 ms
Load time4.0 s6.1 s
Memory usage7.1 GB3.0 GB
Memory %45%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gemma4:e4b

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

Quality

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

gemma4:e4b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest