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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
53 vs 88
Hardware Fit
82 vs 100
Quality Score
41 vs 83

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2Apple M1 Pro
Cores810
RAM8 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
Tokens/sec24.727.8
First chunk302 ms204 ms
TTFT7.4 s204 ms
Load time3.2 s6.6 s
Memory usage3.8 GB5.0 GB
Memory %47%31%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

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

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

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

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:e4b-it-q8_0

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
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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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest