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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
63 vs 81
Hardware Fit
62 vs 100
Quality Score
63 vs 73

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1012
RAM16 GB31 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 26.6.2Nobara Linux 43
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma4:12b llama-3.1-8b-instr…
Tokens/sec15.335.6
First chunk1142 ms52 ms
TTFT30.0 s256 ms
Load time5.4 sN/A
Memory usage7.6 GB8.6 GB
Memory %47%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest