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gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q4_K_XL

Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
88 vs 71
Hardware Fit
77 vs 76
Quality Score
93 vs 69

Hardware

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it… gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineASUSMacBook Pro
CPUAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core ProcessorApple M1 Pro
Cores1610
RAM31 GB16 GB
GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, RaphaelApple M1 Pro
OScachyos rollingmacOS 26.6.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it… gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec169.225.0
First chunk5 ms787 ms
TTFT122 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A4.0 s
Memory usage26.0 GB7.1 GB
Memory %85%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
7/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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