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gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
33 vs 39
Hardware Fit
50 vs 100
Quality Score
25 vs 13

Hardware

gemma4:26b starcoder2:3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:26b starcoder2:3b
Tokens/sec20.049.4
First chunk941 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s155 ms
Load time0.2 s0.4 s
Memory usage20.3 GB3.0 GB
Memory %85%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:26b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
8/30

starcoder2:3b

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

Quality

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

starcoder2:3b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
2/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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