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granite3.1-dense:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

granite · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
74 vs 76
Hardware Fit
91 vs 46
Quality Score
66 vs 89

Hardware

granite3.1-dense:8b gemma4:31b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

granite3.1-dense:8b gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec18.822.4
First chunkN/A565 ms
TTFT308 ms30.0 s
Load time0.6 s6.9 s
Memory usage13.0 GB43.9 GB
Memory %41%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

granite3.1-dense:8b

Speed
31/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:31b

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

Quality

granite3.1-dense:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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
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