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qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4_k_m.gguf

OPENAI GGUF
Good

Apr 21, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
62 vs 78
Hardware Fit
100 vs 72
Quality Score
46 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3-vl-4b-instru… gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1210
RAM96 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-vl-4b-instru… gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec67.826.9
First chunk62 ms222 ms
TTFT64 ms222 ms
Load time0.0 s0.1 s
Memory usage0.0 GB15.4 GB
Memory %0%96%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4…

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

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

Quality

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4…

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
1/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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

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