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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3:1.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 2.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Oct 11, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
71 vs 79
Hardware Fit
76 vs 100
Quality Score
69 vs 70

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3:1.7b
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 qwen3:1.7b
Tokens/sec25.0191.4
First chunk787 ms70 ms
TTFT30.0 s1.1 s
Load time4.0 s4.6 s
Memory usage7.1 GB1.6 GB
Memory %45%21%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3:1.7b

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

qwen3:1.7b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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