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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-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 59
Hardware Fit
46 vs 65
Quality Score
89 vs 57

Hardware

gemma4:31b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
Cores1610
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.3.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:31b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec22.414.3
First chunk565 ms24 ms
TTFT30.0 s13.4 s
Load time6.9 s13.3 s
Memory usage43.9 GB2.5 GB
Memory %69%10%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:31b

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

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30

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-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
9/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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