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google/gemma-4-e4b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 7.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Oct 31, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
81 vs 91
Hardware Fit
84 vs 96
Quality Score
79 vs 89

Hardware

google/gemma-4-e4b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineGMKtec EVO-X3MacBook Pro
CPUAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395Apple M2 Pro
Cores3210
RAM120 GB16 GB
GPUAMD Radeon(TM) 8060S GraphicsApple M2 Pro
OSMicrosoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26300macOS 26.5
Archx64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-4-e4b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec47.324.7
First chunk23 ms610 ms
TTFT1.9 s610 ms
Load timeN/A3.6 s
Memory usage13.2 GB7.1 GB
Memory %11%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-4-e4b

Speed
44/50
TTFT
10/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

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

Quality

google/gemma-4-e4b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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