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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
89 vs 81
Hardware Fit
88 vs 68
Quality Score
89 vs 87

Hardware

gemma4:12b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB128 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec18.516.4
First chunk752 ms5 ms
TTFT752 ms742 ms
Load time6.1 sN/A
Memory usage7.5 GB38.5 GB
Memory %47%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
18/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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