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gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 15, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor

Global Score
82 vs 78
Hardware Fit
99 vs 86
Quality Score
75 vs 74

Hardware

gemma4:e2b-mlx qwen3:8b
MachineMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor
Cores1024
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e2b-mlx qwen3:8b
Tokens/sec70.448.5
First chunk96 ms202 ms
TTFT96 ms4.3 s
Load time2.5 s4.2 s
Memory usage5.7 GB5.5 GB
Memory %36%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e2b-mlx

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

qwen3:8b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
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

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest