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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
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Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.8:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Oct 3, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
71 vs 84
Hardware Fit
76 vs 66
Quality Score
69 vs 92

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.8:27b
MachineMacBook ProNVIDIA NVIDIA_DGX_Spark
CPUApple M1 ProCortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM16 GB122 GB
GPUApple M1 ProDevice 2e12
OSmacOS 26.6.2Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.8:27b
Tokens/sec25.029.4
First chunk787 ms306 ms
TTFT30.0 s4.8 s
Load time4.0 s5.3 s
Memory usage7.1 GB16.2 GB
Memory %45%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.8:27b

Speed
31/50
TTFT
5/20
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

qwen3.8:27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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