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gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
85 vs 76
Hardware Fit
64 vs 46
Quality Score
94 vs 89

Hardware

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx gemma4:31b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1616
RAM128 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec13.622.4
First chunk16 ms565 ms
TTFT558 ms30.0 s
Load time12.3 s6.9 s
Memory usage0.0 GB43.9 GB
Memory %0%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed
14/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:31b

Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30

Quality

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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