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unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q3_K_M

Excellent

Apr 5, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Mar 14, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
84 vs 72
Hardware Fit
64 vs 51
Quality Score
92 vs 81

Hardware

unsloth/gemma-4-26… qwen3.5-9b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

unsloth/gemma-4-26… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec16.514.4
First chunk32 ms4 ms
TTFT2.2 s824 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage19.3 GB48.3 GB
Memory %80%151%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

Speed
36/50
TTFT
18/20
Memory
10/30

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
31/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
0/30

Quality

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-9b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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