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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
53 vs 85
Hardware Fit
82 vs 77
Quality Score
41 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx gemma4:26b
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M2Apple M4
Cores810
RAM8 GB24 GB
GPUApple M2Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec24.724.5
First chunk302 ms1481 ms
TTFT7.4 s1.5 s
Load time3.2 s24.7 s
Memory usage3.8 GB20.3 GB
Memory %47%85%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30

gemma4:26b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30

Quality

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
4/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ metrillm

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