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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E2B-it-GGUF:UD-Q8_K_XL

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 4.65B · unknown

Excellent

Aug 23, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
71 vs 84
Hardware Fit
76 vs 99
Quality Score
69 vs 77

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx hf.co/unsloth/gemm…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx hf.co/unsloth/gemm…
Tokens/sec25.048.0
First chunk787 ms167 ms
TTFT30.0 s167 ms
Load time4.0 s4.7 s
Memory usage7.1 GB5.3 GB
Memory %45%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

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

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E…

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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