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gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:4b

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
72 vs 81
Hardware Fit
99 vs 88
Quality Score
54 vs 76

Hardware

gemma2:2b qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:2b qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec53.816.6
TTFT170 ms369 ms
Load time0.6 s1.5 s
Memory usage2.8 GB6.5 GB
Memory %9%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:2b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
28/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma2:2b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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