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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
63 vs 90
Hardware Fit
62 vs 78
Quality Score
63 vs 95

Hardware

gemma4:12b gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec15.346.1
First chunk1142 ms284 ms
TTFT30.0 s3.9 s
Load time5.4 s0.1 s
Memory usage7.6 GB10.8 GB
Memory %47%68%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
16/30

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:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest