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gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

mistral-nemo:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 12.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
88 vs 71
Hardware Fit
100 vs 86
Quality Score
83 vs 65

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 mistral-nemo:12b
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:e4b-it-q8_0 mistral-nemo:12b
Tokens/sec27.814.6
First chunk204 msN/A
TTFT204 ms371 ms
Load time6.6 s1.0 s
Memory usage5.0 GB13.3 GB
Memory %31%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

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

mistral-nemo:12b

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

Quality

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

mistral-nemo:12b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest