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gemma4:e4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 23, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

cogito:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
90 vs 77
Hardware Fit
88 vs 92
Quality Score
91 vs 70

Hardware

gemma4:e4b cogito:8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b cogito:8b
Tokens/sec35.521.0
First chunk296 ms312 ms
TTFT6.1 s312 ms
Load time5.3 s0.8 s
Memory usage3.1 GB10.4 GB
Memory %19%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b

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

cogito:8b

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

Quality

gemma4:e4b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

cogito:8b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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