mlx-community/gemma-3-4b-it-qat-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
Global Score
80 vs 46
Hardware Fit
100 vs 61
Quality Score
71 vs 40
Hardware
mlx-community/gemm… llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit Super
CPUApple M4Cortex-A78AE
Cores106
RAM32 GB7 GB
GPUApple M4Integrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mlx-community/gemm… llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec43.27.8
First chunk428 ms1625 ms
TTFT428 ms1.6 s
Load timeN/A21.8 s
Memory usage1.3 GB5.2 GB
Memory %4%71%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mlx-community/gemma-3-4…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.1:8b
Speed
26/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30
Quality
mlx-community/gemma-3-4…
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
1/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest