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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
89 vs 68
Hardware Fit
88 vs 100
Quality Score
89 vs 54

Hardware

gemma4:12b lfm2.5-1.2b-instru…
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 lfm2.5-1.2b-instru…
Tokens/sec18.577.3
First chunk752 ms177 ms
TTFT752 ms177 ms
Load time6.1 sN/A
Memory usage7.5 GB1.2 GB
Memory %47%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

Speed
50/50
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

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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