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cogito:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.6B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
67 vs 88
Hardware Fit
100 vs 79
Quality Score
53 vs 92

Hardware

cogito:3b gemma4:e2b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

cogito:3b gemma4:e2b-mlx
Tokens/sec45.672.8
First chunk177 ms134 ms
TTFT177 ms30.0 s
Load time0.8 s2.6 s
Memory usage7.0 GB5.7 GB
Memory %22%36%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

cogito:3b

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

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
29/30

Quality

cogito:3b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:e2b-mlx

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