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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Oct 12, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
71 vs 81
Hardware Fit
76 vs 98
Quality Score
69 vs 74

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
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 qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec25.093.7
First chunk787 ms249 ms
TTFT30.0 s249 ms
Load time4.0 s10.1 s
Memory usage7.1 GB2.9 GB
Memory %45%38%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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