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gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

smollm2-1.7b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 1.7B · bf16

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 65
Hardware Fit
46 vs 99
Quality Score
89 vs 51

Hardware

gemma4:31b smollm2-1.7b-instr…
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 smollm2-1.7b-instr…
Tokens/sec22.428.5
First chunk565 ms393 ms
TTFT30.0 s393 ms
Load time6.9 sN/A
Memory usage43.9 GB3.2 GB
Memory %69%10%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:31b

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

smollm2-1.7b-instruct

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

smollm2-1.7b-instruct

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
11/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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