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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Gemma4-26B:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D 16-Core Processor

Global Score
71 vs 91
Hardware Fit
76 vs 93
Quality Score
69 vs 90

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx Gemma4-26B:26b
MachineMacBook ProHP HyperX OMEN Gaming Laptop 16-ap1xxx
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D 16-Core Processor
Cores1032
RAM16 GB31 GB
GPUApple M1 ProAMD Radeon(TM) 610M, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx Gemma4-26B:26b
Tokens/sec25.040.5
First chunk787 ms727 ms
TTFT30.0 s727 ms
Load time4.0 s25.3 s
Memory usage7.1 GB17.0 GB
Memory %45%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Gemma4-26B:26b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
23/30

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

Gemma4-26B:26b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
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