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gemma3:1b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
68 vs 85
Hardware Fit
98 vs 64
Quality Score
55 vs 94

Hardware

gemma3:1b gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
Tokens/sec39.513.6
First chunkN/A16 ms
TTFT333 ms558 ms
Load time1.6 s12.3 s
Memory usage1.3 GB0.0 GB
Memory %4%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed
14/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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