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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
68 vs 91
Hardware Fit
91 vs 88
Quality Score
58 vs 92

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
Tokens/sec42.230.0
First chunk201 ms311 ms
TTFT4.4 s6.2 s
Load time0.0 s6.9 s
Memory usage3.8 GB5.0 GB
Memory %24%31%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

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