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gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
82 vs 74
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
75 vs 63

Hardware

gemma4:e2b-mlx llama3.2:3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e2b-mlx llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec70.444.1
First chunk96 msN/A
TTFT96 ms178 ms
Load time2.5 s0.8 s
Memory usage5.7 GB7.0 GB
Memory %36%22%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

llama3.2:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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