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gemma4:26b-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
85 vs 77
Hardware Fit
80 vs 67
Quality Score
87 vs 81

Hardware

gemma4:26b-nvfp4 qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1414
RAM48 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.4.1macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:26b-nvfp4 qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec65.720.3
First chunk233 ms4216 ms
TTFT30.0 s4.2 s
Load time5.0 sN/A
Memory usage15.2 GB5.6 GB
Memory %32%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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