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gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
85 vs 84
Hardware Fit
77 vs 94
Quality Score
89 vs 80

Hardware

gemma4:26b qwen3.5:9b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:26b qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.525.0
First chunk1481 ms357 ms
TTFT1.5 s357 ms
Load time24.7 s3.8 s
Memory usage20.3 GB8.4 GB
Memory %85%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:26b

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

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30

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

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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