ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
79 vs 84
Hardware Fit
98 vs 82
Quality Score
71 vs 85
Hardware
ministral-3:8b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1210
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
ministral-3:8b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec41.427.2
First chunk257 ms732 ms
TTFT257 ms8.1 s
Load time5.2 s3.5 s
Memory usage9.0 GB7.1 GB
Memory %38%44%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:8b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
ministral-3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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