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gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
80 vs 66
Hardware Fit
83 vs 40
Quality Score
78 vs 77

Hardware

gemma3:12b gemma4:31b
MachineMacBook AirASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M4Cortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM32 GB122 GB
GPUApple M4Device 2e12
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma3:12b gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec12.710.7
First chunkN/A983 ms
TTFT560 ms20.3 s
Load time2.8 s8.8 s
Memory usage11.0 GB21.4 GB
Memory %34%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:31b

Speed
10/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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