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gemma4:e4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
90 vs 88
Hardware Fit
87 vs 79
Quality Score
91 vs 92

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec35.772.8
First chunk661 ms134 ms
TTFT6.5 s30.0 s
Load time6.1 s2.6 s
Memory usage3.1 GB5.7 GB
Memory %19%36%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:e2b-mlx

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

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

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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