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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

solar:10.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 63
Hardware Fit
76 vs 87
Quality Score
69 vs 52

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx solar:10.7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx solar:10.7b
Tokens/sec25.015.8
First chunk787 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s353 ms
Load time4.0 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB6.6 GB
Memory %45%21%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

solar:10.7b

Speed
27/50
TTFT
30/20
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

solar:10.7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest