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qwen3.5:4b

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-3-4b

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 74
Hardware Fit
88 vs 93
Quality Score
76 vs 66

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b google/gemma-3-4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b google/gemma-3-4b
Tokens/sec16.622.2
TTFT369 ms1.9 s
Load time1.5 s0.0 s
Memory usage6.5 GB0.0 GB
Memory %20%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
28/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

google/gemma-3-4b

Speed
35/40
TTFT
28/30
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
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