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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Qwen3-30B:30b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Intel Core™ Ultra X7 358H

Global Score
71 vs 88
Hardware Fit
76 vs 90
Quality Score
69 vs 87

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx Qwen3-30B:30b
MachineMacBook ProGMKtec NucBox EVO-T2S
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Core™ Ultra X7 358H
Cores1016
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProIntel(R) Arc(TM) B390 GPU
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx Qwen3-30B:30b
Tokens/sec25.031.3
First chunk787 ms560 ms
TTFT30.0 s560 ms
Load time4.0 s15.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB17.7 GB
Memory %45%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Qwen3-30B:30b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
20/20
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

Qwen3-30B:30b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
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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