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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
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Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

vicuna:13b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 13B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
78 vs 59
Hardware Fit
72 vs 84
Quality Score
81 vs 48

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx vicuna:13b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx vicuna:13b
Tokens/sec26.913.4
First chunk222 msN/A
TTFT222 ms438 ms
Load time0.1 s0.6 s
Memory usage15.4 GB10.3 GB
Memory %96%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

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

vicuna:13b

Speed
24/50
TTFT
30/20
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

vicuna:13b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
5/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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