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mlx-community/gemma-3-1b-it-8bit

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Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:26b

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gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
72 vs 33
Hardware Fit
99 vs 50
Quality Score
61 vs 25

Hardware

mlx-community/gemm… gemma4:26b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mlx-community/gemm… gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec86.320.0
First chunk253 ms941 ms
TTFT253 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.2 s
Memory usage1.1 GB20.3 GB
Memory %4%85%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/gemma-3-1…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

gemma4:26b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
8/30

Quality

mlx-community/gemma-3-1…

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

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$ metrillm

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