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gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:12b-it-qat

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_0

Excellent

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
82 vs 88
Hardware Fit
99 vs 86
Quality Score
75 vs 89

Hardware

gemma4:e2b-mlx gemma4:12b-it-qat
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1012
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e2b-mlx gemma4:12b-it-qat
Tokens/sec70.430.0
First chunk96 ms686 ms
TTFT96 ms7.1 s
Load time2.5 s5.4 s
Memory usage5.7 GB7.1 GB
Memory %36%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

gemma4:12b-it-qat

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-it-qat

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest