gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
63 vs 81
Hardware Fit
62 vs 68
Quality Score
63 vs 87
Hardware
gemma4:12b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec15.316.4
First chunk1142 ms5 ms
TTFT30.0 s742 ms
Load time5.4 sN/A
Memory usage7.6 GB38.5 GB
Memory %47%30%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b
Speed
36/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
18/50
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
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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