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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3vl · 4.4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

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

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3-vl:4b-instruct
MachineMacBook ProMac Studio
CPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Max
Cores1012
RAM16 GB96 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3-vl:4b-instruct
Tokens/sec25.090.6
First chunk787 ms159 ms
TTFT30.0 s159 ms
Load time4.0 s5.8 s
Memory usage7.1 GB42.5 GB
Memory %45%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

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

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-vl:4b-instruct

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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