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gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

dolphin3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
85 vs 74
Hardware Fit
77 vs 92
Quality Score
89 vs 66

Hardware

gemma4:26b dolphin3:8b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:26b dolphin3:8b
Tokens/sec24.521.0
First chunk1481 ms314 ms
TTFT1.5 s314 ms
Load time24.7 s0.8 s
Memory usage20.3 GB10.4 GB
Memory %85%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:26b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30

dolphin3:8b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

dolphin3:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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