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Gemma4-26B:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 22, 2026 · NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core ) RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core )

gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
92 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 83
Quality Score
89 vs 78

Hardware

Gemma4-26B:26b gemma3:12b
MachineHP HyperX OMEN Transcend Gaming Laptop 14-ga0xxx5CD612DXMLMacBook Air
CPUNVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core ) RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core )Apple M4
Cores2010
RAM55 GB32 GB
GPUNVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core Blackwell RTX GPU), NVIDIA NPUApple M4
OSMicrosoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.28000macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

Gemma4-26B:26b gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec61.312.7
First chunk185 msN/A
TTFT185 ms560 ms
Load time22.9 s2.8 s
Memory usage16.4 GB11.0 GB
Memory %30%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

Gemma4-26B:26b

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

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

Gemma4-26B:26b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:12b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest