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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · IQ3_XXS

Excellent

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

Global Score
71 vs 80
Hardware Fit
76 vs 62
Quality Score
69 vs 88

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5-35b-a3b
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 qwen3.5-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec25.010.6
First chunk787 ms52 ms
TTFT30.0 s3.2 s
Load time4.0 s7.6 s
Memory usage7.1 GB1.1 GB
Memory %45%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
13/20
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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

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