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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma-4-31b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 31B · Q4_K_XL

Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Global Score
71 vs 91
Hardware Fit
76 vs 89
Quality Score
69 vs 92

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma-4-31b-it-qat
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Cores1016
RAM16 GB31 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Raphael
OSmacOS 26.6.2cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx gemma-4-31b-it-qat
Tokens/sec25.040.2
First chunk787 ms3 ms
TTFT30.0 s302 ms
Load time4.0 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB18.8 GB
Memory %45%62%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

gemma-4-31b-it-qat

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
19/30

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

gemma-4-31b-it-qat

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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