google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score

76 vs 76

Hardware Fit

100 vs 77

Quality Score

66 vs 76

Hardware

google/gemma-3-4b qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co…

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro

CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

Cores1014

RAM32 GB48 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.4.1

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec39.472.7

First chunk468 ms147 ms

TTFT468 ms30.0 s

Load timeN/A5.7 s

Memory usage2.8 GB19.6 GB

Memory %9%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-4b

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Speed

50/50

TTFT

0/20

Memory

27/30

Quality

google/gemma-3-4b

Reasoning

10/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Reasoning

19/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

13/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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