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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
78 vs 65
Hardware Fit
72 vs 88
Quality Score
81 vs 55

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.5-2b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Tokens/sec26.948.9
First chunk222 ms4208 ms
TTFT222 ms4.2 s
Load time0.1 sN/A
Memory usage15.4 GB1.6 GB
Memory %96%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

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

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
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

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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