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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5:0.8b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 873.44M · Q8_0

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
63 vs 62
Hardware Fit
62 vs 100
Quality Score
63 vs 46

Hardware

gemma4:12b qwen3.5:0.8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b qwen3.5:0.8b
Tokens/sec15.367.6
First chunk1142 ms209 ms
TTFT30.0 s209 ms
Load time5.4 s1.9 s
Memory usage7.6 GB2.6 GB
Memory %47%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

qwen3.5:0.8b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3.5:0.8b

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
13/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest