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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
90 vs 80
Hardware Fit
78 vs 77
Quality Score
95 vs 81

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec46.1129.8
First chunk284 ms77 ms
TTFT3.9 s30.0 s
Load time0.1 s1.8 s
Memory usage10.8 GB19.7 GB
Memory %68%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
16/30

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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