gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFAug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
gemma-3-27b-it-qat
LM-STUDIO MLXgemma3 · 27B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
71 vs 76
Hardware Fit
76 vs 51
Quality Score
69 vs 87
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma-3-27b-it-qat
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-mlx gemma-3-27b-it-qat
Tokens/sec25.08.9
First chunk787 ms3976 ms
TTFT30.0 s4.0 s
Load time4.0 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB15.7 GB
Memory %45%25%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30
gemma-3-27b-it-qat
Speed
12/50
TTFT
9/20
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
gemma-3-27b-it-qat
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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