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gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Excellent

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 81
Hardware Fit
46 vs 84
Quality Score
89 vs 79

Hardware

gemma4:31b qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
Cores1610
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.3.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:31b qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec22.420.4
First chunk565 ms3034 ms
TTFT30.0 s3.0 s
Load time6.9 sN/A
Memory usage43.9 GB5.6 GB
Memory %69%17%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:31b

Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30

Quality

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-9b

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