gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
gemma3:1b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M
Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
63 vs 68
Hardware Fit
62 vs 98
Quality Score
63 vs 55
Hardware
gemma4:12b gemma3:1b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown
Performance
gemma4:12b gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec15.339.4
First chunk1142 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s362 ms
Load time5.4 s0.3 s
Memory usage7.6 GB1.3 GB
Memory %47%4%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b
Speed
36/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30
gemma3:1b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30
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
gemma3:1b
Reasoning
6/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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