gemma2:2b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

77 vs 76

Hardware Fit

100 vs 100

Quality Score

67 vs 66

Hardware

gemma2:2b google/gemma-3-4b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:2b google/gemma-3-4b

Tokens/sec55.139.4

First chunkN/A468 ms

TTFT152 ms468 ms

Load time0.6 sN/A

Memory usage2.8 GB2.8 GB

Memory %9%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:2b

Speed

40/50

TTFT

30/20

Memory

30/30

google/gemma-3-4b

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

Quality

gemma2:2b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

google/gemma-3-4b

Reasoning

10/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest