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gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

Global Score
85 vs 50
Hardware Fit
77 vs 97
Quality Score
89 vs 30

Hardware

gemma4:26b gemma3:270m
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M3 Pro
Cores1012
RAM24 GB36 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:26b gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec24.5239.2
First chunk1481 ms127 ms
TTFT1.5 s127 ms
Load time24.7 s0.7 s
Memory usage20.3 GB0.6 GB
Memory %85%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:26b

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

gemma3:270m

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

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

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

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