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gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-plus-reasoning-distilled

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen3 · 4B · Q4_1

Good

Apr 21, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
82 vs 65
Hardware Fit
99 vs 96
Quality Score
75 vs 51

Hardware

gemma4:e2b-mlx qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-p…
MachineMacBook ProMac Studio
CPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Max
Cores1012
RAM16 GB96 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e2b-mlx qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-p…
Tokens/sec70.499.6
First chunk96 ms18 ms
TTFT96 ms1.6 s
Load time2.5 s4.8 s
Memory usage5.7 GB0.3 GB
Memory %36%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e2b-mlx

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

qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-plus-r…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
16/20
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

qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-plus-r…

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
9/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate 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