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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gpt-oss:20b

OLLAMA GGUF

gptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
71 vs 93
Hardware Fit
76 vs 85
Quality Score
69 vs 96

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M1 ProAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1032
RAM16 GB125 GB
GPUApple M1 ProAMD Radeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.6.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec25.047.1
First chunk787 ms320 ms
TTFT30.0 s1.8 s
Load time4.0 s3.8 s
Memory usage7.1 GB16.4 GB
Memory %45%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gpt-oss:20b

Speed
44/50
TTFT
11/20
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

gpt-oss:20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest