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mlx-community/meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
77 vs 78
Hardware Fit
100 vs 72
Quality Score
67 vs 81

Hardware

mlx-community/meta… gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1410
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mlx-community/meta… gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec54.326.9
First chunk277 ms222 ms
TTFT277 ms222 ms
Load timeN/A0.1 s
Memory usage4.2 GB15.4 GB
Memory %7%96%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/meta-llam…

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
2/30

Quality

mlx-community/meta-llam…

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
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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Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest