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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

orca-mini:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
78 vs 55
Hardware Fit
72 vs 98
Quality Score
81 vs 37

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx orca-mini:7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx orca-mini:7b
Tokens/sec26.924.4
First chunk222 msN/A
TTFT222 ms219 ms
Load time0.1 s0.4 s
Memory usage15.4 GB5.8 GB
Memory %96%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

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

orca-mini:7b

Speed
38/50
TTFT
30/20
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

orca-mini:7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest