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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen2.5:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 17, 2026 · ZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000

Global Score
71 vs 65
Hardware Fit
76 vs 87
Quality Score
69 vs 56

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen2.5:1.5b
MachineMacBook ProShanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ZXE CRB
CPUApple M1 ProZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000
Cores108
RAM16 GB30 GB
GPUApple M1 ProZX C-1190
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26100
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen2.5:1.5b
Tokens/sec25.016.8
First chunk787 ms941 ms
TTFT30.0 s941 ms
Load time4.0 s0.2 s
Memory usage7.1 GB1.0 GB
Memory %45%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
37/50
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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest