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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3:1.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 2.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
78 vs 72
Hardware Fit
72 vs 92
Quality Score
81 vs 63

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3:1.7b
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M2 ProAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1032
RAM16 GB125 GB
GPUApple M2 ProAMD Radeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.5Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3:1.7b
Tokens/sec26.9120.7
First chunk222 ms93 ms
TTFT222 ms1.5 s
Load time0.1 s2.5 s
Memory usage15.4 GB5.8 GB
Memory %96%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

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

qwen3:1.7b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
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

qwen3:1.7b

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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