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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3:14b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 83
Hardware Fit
76 vs 73
Quality Score
69 vs 87

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3:14b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3:14b
Tokens/sec25.011.1
First chunk787 ms500 ms
TTFT30.0 s500 ms
Load time4.0 s7.3 s
Memory usage7.1 GB9.4 GB
Memory %45%39%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3:14b

Speed
25/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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

qwen3:14b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
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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