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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

gemma3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
89 vs 80
Hardware Fit
88 vs 100
Quality Score
89 vs 71

Hardware

gemma4:12b gemma3:4b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b gemma3:4b
Tokens/sec18.534.6
First chunk752 msN/A
TTFT752 ms303 ms
Load time6.1 s1.2 s
Memory usage7.5 GB4.6 GB
Memory %47%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

gemma3:4b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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

gemma3:4b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
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

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest