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gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
82 vs 63
Hardware Fit
99 vs 62
Quality Score
75 vs 63

Hardware

gemma4:e2b-mlx gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e2b-mlx gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec70.415.3
First chunk96 ms1142 ms
TTFT96 ms30.0 s
Load time2.5 s5.4 s
Memory usage5.7 GB7.6 GB
Memory %36%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e2b-mlx

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

gemma4:12b

Speed
36/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30

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

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

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest