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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.6:35b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 70
Hardware Fit
88 vs 66
Quality Score
89 vs 71

Hardware

gemma4:12b qwen3.6:35b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b qwen3.6:35b
Tokens/sec18.530.6
First chunk752 ms304 ms
TTFT752 ms30.0 s
Load time6.1 s10.0 s
Memory usage7.5 GB28.1 GB
Memory %47%59%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

qwen3.6:35b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
21/30

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

qwen3.6:35b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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