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gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.6:35b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
82 vs 70
Hardware Fit
99 vs 66
Quality Score
75 vs 71

Hardware

gemma4:e2b-mlx qwen3.6:35b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e2b-mlx qwen3.6:35b
Tokens/sec70.430.6
First chunk96 ms304 ms
TTFT96 ms30.0 s
Load time2.5 s10.0 s
Memory usage5.7 GB28.1 GB
Memory %36%59%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e2b-mlx

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

qwen3.6:35b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
21/30

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

qwen3.6:35b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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