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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

phi4-mini:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
90 vs 71
Hardware Fit
86 vs 100
Quality Score
92 vs 58

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx phi4-mini:latest
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx phi4-mini:latest
Tokens/sec41.836.2
First chunk359 msN/A
TTFT4.2 s190 ms
Load time5.1 s0.8 s
Memory usage7.9 GB8.3 GB
Memory %49%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
25/30

phi4-mini:latest

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

phi4-mini:latest

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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