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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.8:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 15, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
71 vs 80
Hardware Fit
76 vs 66
Quality Score
69 vs 86

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.8:27b
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M1 ProAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1032
RAM16 GB125 GB
GPUApple M1 ProRadeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.6.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.8:27b
Tokens/sec25.018.4
First chunk787 ms587 ms
TTFT30.0 s587 ms
Load time4.0 s7.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB17.4 GB
Memory %45%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.8:27b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
19/20
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

qwen3.8:27b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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