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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
71 vs 72
Hardware Fit
76 vs 89
Quality Score
69 vs 65

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec25.028.9
First chunk787 ms338 ms
TTFT30.0 s338 ms
Load time4.0 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB6.1 GB
Memory %45%10%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
39/50
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

qwen3.5-9b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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