gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
63 vs 65
Hardware Fit
62 vs 96
Quality Score
63 vs 52
Hardware
gemma4:12b starling-lm:7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec15.323.8
First chunk1142 ms232 ms
TTFT30.0 s232 ms
Load time5.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.6 GB5.3 GB
Memory %47%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b
Speed
36/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
46/50
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
starling-lm:7b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
3/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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