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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
78 vs 47
Hardware Fit
72 vs 53
Quality Score
81 vs 45

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3:4b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3:4b
Tokens/sec26.911.3
First chunk222 msN/A
TTFT222 ms9.2 s
Load time0.1 s0.1 s
Memory usage15.4 GB7.2 GB
Memory %96%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

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

qwen3:4b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

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

qwen3:4b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
6/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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