ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
79 vs 89
Hardware Fit
98 vs 88
Quality Score
71 vs 89
Hardware
ministral-3:8b gemma4:12b
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
Tokens/sec41.418.5
First chunk257 ms752 ms
TTFT257 ms752 ms
Load time5.2 s6.1 s
Memory usage9.0 GB7.5 GB
Memory %38%47%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:8b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30
gemma4:12b
Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
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
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest