llamaperf

Gemma 4 12B

on Unknown GPU · llama.cpp · 32,768 ctx

Tone: positive
Sep 9, 2026
Throughput
50.0 t/s gen
Quant
Q5_K_XL (GGUF)
KV cache
Q8
VRAM reported
16 GB

Use cases

coding

Summary

User reports a switch from Q4_K_XL at 61 t/s to Q5_K_XL at 50 t/s for better syntax accuracy. The model file is about 8.6 GB, with total VRAM usage around 15.7 GB at 32k context and a Q8 KV cache. The user finds it compares favorably to Qwen 3.6 27B and 35B A3B for ease of use and tool call compatibility.