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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

ministral-3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

mistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 79
Hardware Fit
88 vs 98
Quality Score
89 vs 71

Hardware

gemma4:12b ministral-3:8b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1012
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b ministral-3:8b
Tokens/sec18.541.4
First chunk752 ms257 ms
TTFT752 ms257 ms
Load time6.1 s5.2 s
Memory usage7.5 GB9.0 GB
Memory %47%38%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

ministral-3:8b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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

ministral-3:8b

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

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