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qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3vl · 4.4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
83 vs 85
Hardware Fit
96 vs 95
Quality Score
78 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1210
RAM96 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec90.647.3
First chunk159 ms258 ms
TTFT159 ms258 ms
Load time5.8 s5.1 s
Memory usage42.5 GB7.9 GB
Memory %44%49%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
25/30

Quality

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
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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