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google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-qat

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q4_0

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor

starling-lm:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
93 vs 65
Hardware Fit
96 vs 96
Quality Score
92 vs 52

Hardware

google/gemma-4-26b… starling-lm:7b
MachineMicro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7E51MacBook Air
CPUAMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core ProcessorApple M4
Cores1610
RAM31 GB32 GB
GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, AMD Radeon(TM) GraphicsApple M4
OSMicrosoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200macOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-4-26b… starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec109.723.8
First chunk29 ms232 ms
TTFT156 ms232 ms
Load timeN/A0.4 s
Memory usage14.6 GB5.3 GB
Memory %47%17%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-…

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

starling-lm:7b

Speed
46/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-…

Reasoning
18/20
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

starling-lm:7b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
3/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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