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gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
50 vs 88
Hardware Fit
97 vs 79
Quality Score
30 vs 92

Hardware

gemma3:270m gemma4:e2b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M3 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1210
RAM36 GB16 GB
GPUApple M3 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.5macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:270m gemma4:e2b-mlx
Tokens/sec239.272.8
First chunk127 ms134 ms
TTFT127 ms30.0 s
Load time0.7 s2.6 s
Memory usage0.6 GB5.7 GB
Memory %2%36%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:270m

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
29/30

Quality

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

gemma4:e2b-mlx

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

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest