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google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen2 · 3B · 4bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 73
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
66 vs 61

Hardware

google/gemma-3-4b qwen2.5-coder-3b-i…
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 qwen2.5-coder-3b-i…
Tokens/sec39.452.3
First chunk468 ms285 ms
TTFT468 ms285 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.8 GB1.6 GB
Memory %9%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-4b

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

qwen2.5-coder-3b-instru…

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

qwen2.5-coder-3b-instru…

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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