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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3-coder:30b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jun 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
71 vs 89
Hardware Fit
76 vs 96
Quality Score
69 vs 86

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3-coder:30b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3-coder:30b
Tokens/sec25.089.9
First chunk787 ms188 ms
TTFT30.0 s188 ms
Load time4.0 s4.0 s
Memory usage7.1 GB30.2 GB
Memory %45%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3-coder:30b

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

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

qwen3-coder:30b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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