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gemma2:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 76
Hardware Fit
89 vs 100
Quality Score
71 vs 66

Hardware

gemma2:9b google/gemma-3-4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:9b google/gemma-3-4b
Tokens/sec17.539.4
First chunkN/A468 ms
TTFT347 ms468 ms
Load time0.8 sN/A
Memory usage8.2 GB2.8 GB
Memory %26%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:9b

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

google/gemma-3-4b

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

Quality

gemma2:9b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

google/gemma-3-4b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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