gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
77 vs 65
Hardware Fit
59 vs 96
Quality Score
84 vs 52
Hardware
gemma4:12b starling-lm:7b
MachineASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10MacBook Air
CPUCortex-X925Apple M4
Cores2010
RAM122 GB32 GB
GPUDevice 2e12Apple M4
OSUbuntu 24.04.4 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec26.823.8
First chunk632 ms232 ms
TTFT30.0 s232 ms
Load time5.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage9.3 GB5.3 GB
Memory %8%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b
Speed
29/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
46/50
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
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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