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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
71 vs 64
Hardware Fit
76 vs 69
Quality Score
69 vs 62

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores108
RAM16 GB15 GB
GPUApple M1 ProCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.6.2Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec25.07.4
First chunk787 ms1815 ms
TTFT30.0 s1.8 s
Load time4.0 s10.9 s
Memory usage7.1 GB3.5 GB
Memory %45%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
12/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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