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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

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
78 vs 83
Hardware Fit
72 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 76

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec26.932.4
First chunk222 ms306 ms
TTFT222 ms306 ms
Load time0.1 s2.7 s
Memory usage15.4 GB6.5 GB
Memory %96%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
50/50
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
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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