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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

nemotron-3-nano:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

nemotron_h · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Oct 12, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
71 vs 95
Hardware Fit
76 vs 99
Quality Score
69 vs 93

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx nemotron-3-nano: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 nemotron-3-nano:4b
Tokens/sec25.0107.6
First chunk787 ms361 ms
TTFT30.0 s1.1 s
Load time4.0 s7.9 s
Memory usage7.1 GB2.6 GB
Memory %45%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

nemotron-3-nano:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

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

nemotron-3-nano:4b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest