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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
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Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

google/gemma-4-e4b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 7.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Sep 20, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Global Score
71 vs 83
Hardware Fit
76 vs 96
Quality Score
69 vs 78

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx google/gemma-4-e4b
MachineMacBook ProASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG Strix G16 G614PH_G614PH
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
Cores1032
RAM16 GB15 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU, AMD Radeon(TM) 610M
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Home Single Language 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx google/gemma-4-e4b
Tokens/sec25.035.9
First chunk787 ms9 ms
TTFT30.0 s182 ms
Load time4.0 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB6.5 GB
Memory %45%43%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

google/gemma-4-e4b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

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

google/gemma-4-e4b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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