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gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
91 vs 60
Hardware Fit
88 vs 80
Quality Score
92 vs 52

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec30.0227.0
First chunk311 ms60 ms
TTFT6.2 s30.0 s
Load time6.9 s0.7 s
Memory usage5.0 GB2.6 GB
Memory %31%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

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

Quality

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest