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dolphin3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
74 vs 88
Hardware Fit
92 vs 80
Quality Score
66 vs 92

Hardware

dolphin3:8b gemma4:26b
MachineMacBook AirASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M4Cortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM32 GB122 GB
GPUApple M4Device 2e12
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

dolphin3:8b gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec21.066.7
First chunk314 ms583 ms
TTFT314 ms30.0 s
Load time0.8 s6.7 s
Memory usage10.4 GB17.6 GB
Memory %33%15%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

dolphin3:8b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:26b

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

Quality

dolphin3:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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