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qwen3:1.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 2.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
72 vs 71
Hardware Fit
92 vs 76
Quality Score
63 vs 69

Hardware

qwen3:1.7b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineAZW GTR ProMacBook Pro
CPUAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395Apple M1 Pro
Cores3210
RAM125 GB16 GB
GPUAMD Radeon 8060SApple M1 Pro
OSUbuntu 24.04.4 LTSmacOS 26.6.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modelow-powerbalanced

Performance

qwen3:1.7b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec120.725.0
First chunk93 ms787 ms
TTFT1.5 s30.0 s
Load time2.5 s4.0 s
Memory usage5.8 GB7.1 GB
Memory %5%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:1.7b

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Quality

qwen3:1.7b

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest