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gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma2:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
88 vs 76
Hardware Fit
100 vs 89
Quality Score
83 vs 71

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 gemma2:9b
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:e4b-it-q8_0 gemma2:9b
Tokens/sec27.817.5
First chunk204 msN/A
TTFT204 ms347 ms
Load time6.6 s0.8 s
Memory usage5.0 GB8.2 GB
Memory %31%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

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

gemma2:9b

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

Quality

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma2:9b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest