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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
77 vs 85
Hardware Fit
59 vs 64
Quality Score
84 vs 94

Hardware

gemma4:12b gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
MachineASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10MacBook Pro
CPUCortex-X925Apple M4 Max
Cores2016
RAM122 GB128 GB
GPUDevice 2e12Apple M4 Max
OSUbuntu 24.04.4 LTSmacOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
Tokens/sec26.813.6
First chunk632 ms16 ms
TTFT30.0 s558 ms
Load time5.4 s12.3 s
Memory usage9.3 GB0.0 GB
Memory %8%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

Speed
29/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed
14/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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