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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

lmstudio-community/gemma-4-e4b-it

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
71 vs 76
Hardware Fit
76 vs 67
Quality Score
69 vs 80

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx lmstudio-community…
MachineMacBook ProDocker Container
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1016
RAM16 GB15 GB
GPUApple M1 ProTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.6.2Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx lmstudio-community…
Tokens/sec25.010.8
First chunk787 ms44 ms
TTFT30.0 s2.0 s
Load time4.0 s10.9 s
Memory usage7.1 GB0.0 GB
Memory %45%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

lmstudio-community/gemm…

Speed
20/50
TTFT
17/20
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

lmstudio-community/gemm…

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest