gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

85 vs 76

Hardware Fit

64 vs 100

Quality Score

94 vs 66

Hardware

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx google/gemma-3-4b

MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air

CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4

Cores1610

RAM128 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4

OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx google/gemma-3-4b

Tokens/sec13.639.4

First chunk16 ms468 ms

TTFT558 ms468 ms

Load time12.3 sN/A

Memory usage0.0 GB2.8 GB

Memory %0%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed

14/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

google/gemma-3-4b

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

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

google/gemma-3-4b

Reasoning

10/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest