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gemma4:e4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
90 vs 72
Hardware Fit
88 vs 89
Quality Score
91 vs 65

Hardware

gemma4:e4b qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec35.628.9
First chunk300 ms338 ms
TTFT6.1 s338 ms
Load time6.1 sN/A
Memory usage3.1 GB6.1 GB
Memory %19%10%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b

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

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma4:e4b

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

qwen3.5-9b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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