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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3:0.6b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 751.63M · Q4_K_M

Good

Oct 11, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
71 vs 74
Hardware Fit
76 vs 100
Quality Score
69 vs 63

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3:0.6b
MachineMacBook ProMicrosoft WSL
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1012
RAM16 GB8 GB
GPUApple M1 ProIntegrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 26.6.2Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3:0.6b
Tokens/sec25.0249.5
First chunk787 ms80 ms
TTFT30.0 s659 ms
Load time4.0 s6.3 s
Memory usage7.1 GB0.9 GB
Memory %45%11%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3:0.6b

Speed
50/50
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

qwen3:0.6b

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
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