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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3-vl:2b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3vl · 2.1B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
71 vs 62
Hardware Fit
76 vs 99
Quality Score
69 vs 46

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3-vl:2b
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M1 ProAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1032
RAM16 GB125 GB
GPUApple M1 ProAMD Radeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.6.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3-vl:2b
Tokens/sec25.0127.4
First chunk787 ms101 ms
TTFT30.0 s630 ms
Load time4.0 s5.9 s
Memory usage7.1 GB33.2 GB
Memory %45%27%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3-vl:2b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
19/20
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-vl:2b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
7/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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