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qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
83 vs 76
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
76 vs 66

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b google/gemma-3-4b
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

qwen3.5:4b google/gemma-3-4b
Tokens/sec36.639.4
First chunk204 ms468 ms
TTFT204 ms468 ms
Load time2.7 sN/A
Memory usage5.3 GB2.8 GB
Memory %33%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b

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

google/gemma-3-4b

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

Quality

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

google/gemma-3-4b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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