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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
78 vs 64
Hardware Fit
72 vs 69
Quality Score
81 vs 62

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M2 ProIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores108
RAM16 GB15 GB
GPUApple M2 ProCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.5Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec26.97.4
First chunk222 ms1815 ms
TTFT222 ms1.8 s
Load time0.1 s10.9 s
Memory usage15.4 GB3.5 GB
Memory %96%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
12/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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