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gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen2 · 1.5B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
85 vs 69
Hardware Fit
64 vs 100
Quality Score
94 vs 56

Hardware

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx qwen2.5-1.5b-instr…
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 qwen2.5-1.5b-instr…
Tokens/sec13.658.1
First chunk16 ms211 ms
TTFT558 ms211 ms
Load time12.3 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB1.5 GB
Memory %0%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

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

qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct

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

qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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