gemma3:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
80 vs 59
Hardware Fit
83 vs 65
Quality Score
78 vs 57
Hardware
gemma3:12b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma3:12b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec12.714.3
First chunkN/A24 ms
TTFT560 ms13.4 s
Load time2.8 s13.3 s
Memory usage11.0 GB2.5 GB
Memory %34%10%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:12b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
gemma3:12b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
9/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest