Back to leaderboard

google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

microllm-250m:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 256.74M · F16

Not Rec.

Jul 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
76 vs 34
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
66 vs 6

Hardware

google/gemma-3-4b microllm-250m:latest
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1012
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-4b microllm-250m:latest
Tokens/sec39.4291.6
First chunk468 ms50 ms
TTFT468 ms79 ms
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage2.8 GB0.6 GB
Memory %9%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-4b

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

microllm-250m:latest

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

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

microllm-250m:latest

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
0/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
View google/gemma-3-4b details | View microllm-250m:latest details

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