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gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
88 vs 85
Hardware Fit
79 vs 64
Quality Score
92 vs 94

Hardware

gemma4:e2b-mlx gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e2b-mlx gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
Tokens/sec72.813.6
First chunk134 ms16 ms
TTFT30.0 s558 ms
Load time2.6 s12.3 s
Memory usage5.7 GB0.0 GB
Memory %36%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e2b-mlx

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

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

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

Quality

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

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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