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gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
85 vs 78
Hardware Fit
77 vs 72
Quality Score
89 vs 81

Hardware

gemma4:26b gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:26b gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.526.9
First chunk1481 ms222 ms
TTFT1.5 s222 ms
Load time24.7 s0.1 s
Memory usage20.3 GB15.4 GB
Memory %85%96%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:26b

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
2/30

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest