gemma4:e4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
85 vs 63
Hardware Fit
95 vs 97
Quality Score
81 vs 49
Hardware
gemma4:e4b-mlx starling-lm:7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:e4b-mlx starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec47.323.7
First chunk258 msN/A
TTFT258 ms234 ms
Load time5.1 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.9 GB5.3 GB
Memory %49%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:e4b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
25/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
gemma4:e4b-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
starling-lm:7b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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