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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Marginal

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
53 vs 76
Hardware Fit
81 vs 46
Quality Score
41 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx gemma4:31b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2Apple M4 Max
Cores816
RAM8 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec24.822.4
First chunk317 ms565 ms
TTFT7.4 s30.0 s
Load time0.0 s6.9 s
Memory usage3.9 GB43.9 GB
Memory %49%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
25/30

gemma4:31b

Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30

Quality

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
4/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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