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gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
88 vs 81
Hardware Fit
79 vs 100
Quality Score
92 vs 73

Hardware

gemma4:e2b-mlx llama-3.1-8b-instr…
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1012
RAM16 GB31 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 26.6.2Nobara Linux 43
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma4:e2b-mlx llama-3.1-8b-instr…
Tokens/sec72.835.6
First chunk134 ms52 ms
TTFT30.0 s256 ms
Load time2.6 sN/A
Memory usage5.7 GB8.6 GB
Memory %36%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e2b-mlx

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Speed
50/50
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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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