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aya:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
66 vs 76
Hardware Fit
92 vs 100
Quality Score
55 vs 66

Hardware

aya:8b 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

aya:8b google/gemma-3-4b
Tokens/sec20.039.4
First chunkN/A468 ms
TTFT300 ms468 ms
Load time0.9 sN/A
Memory usage6.0 GB2.8 GB
Memory %19%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

aya:8b

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

google/gemma-3-4b

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

Quality

aya:8b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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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