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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:12b-it-qat

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_0

Excellent

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
63 vs 88
Hardware Fit
62 vs 86
Quality Score
63 vs 89

Hardware

gemma4:12b 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

gemma4:12b gemma4:12b-it-qat
Tokens/sec15.330.0
First chunk1142 ms686 ms
TTFT30.0 s7.1 s
Load time5.4 s5.4 s
Memory usage7.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %47%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

gemma4:12b-it-qat

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

Quality

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

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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