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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
Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
50 vs 82
Hardware Fit
97 vs 99
Quality Score
30 vs 75

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/sec239.270.4
First chunk127 ms96 ms
TTFT127 ms96 ms
Load time0.7 s2.5 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
20/20
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
14/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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