google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score

76 vs 82

Hardware Fit

100 vs 99

Quality Score

66 vs 75

Hardware

google/gemma-3-4b gemma4:e2b-mlx

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro

CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro

Cores1010

RAM32 GB16 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-4b gemma4:e2b-mlx

Tokens/sec39.470.4

First chunk468 ms96 ms

TTFT468 ms96 ms

Load timeN/A2.5 s

Memory usage2.8 GB5.7 GB

Memory %9%36%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-4b

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

29/30

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

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

14/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

15/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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