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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
71 vs 85
Hardware Fit
76 vs 95
Quality Score
69 vs 80

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec25.023.1
First chunk787 ms358 ms
TTFT30.0 s358 ms
Load time4.0 s3.6 s
Memory usage7.1 GB9.1 GB
Memory %45%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
45/50
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

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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