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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
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Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Oct 12, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
78 vs 81
Hardware Fit
72 vs 98
Quality Score
81 vs 74

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProMicrosoft WSL
CPUApple M2 ProAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1012
RAM16 GB8 GB
GPUApple M2 ProIntegrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 26.5Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec26.993.7
First chunk222 ms249 ms
TTFT222 ms249 ms
Load time0.1 s10.1 s
Memory usage15.4 GB2.9 GB
Memory %96%38%

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
28/30

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
13/20
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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