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google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

neural-chat:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 67
Hardware Fit
100 vs 96
Quality Score
66 vs 55

Hardware

google/gemma-3-4b neural-chat:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-4b neural-chat:7b
Tokens/sec39.422.5
First chunk468 msN/A
TTFT468 ms242 ms
Load timeN/A0.4 s
Memory usage2.8 GB4.5 GB
Memory %9%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-4b

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

neural-chat:7b

Speed
36/50
TTFT
30/20
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

neural-chat:7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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