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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-opus-distilled-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
85 vs 34
Hardware Fit
95 vs 21
Quality Score
81 vs 39

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.5-27b-claude…
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.5-27b-claude…
Tokens/sec47.36.1
First chunk258 ms7 ms
TTFT258 ms22.9 s
Load time5.1 sN/A
Memory usage7.9 GB19.8 GB
Memory %49%82%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
25/30

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…

Speed
12/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
9/30

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

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
8/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest