Model benchmarks

gemma4:e4b local LLM performance

As of August 2026, gemma4:e4b runs at up to 115.4 tok/s for local inference (best of 6 community benchmark runs across 4 GPUs).

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Model size

8.0B

Peak speed

115.4 tok/s

Average speed

68.3 tok/s

Min memory

3.0 GB

Max context

131,072 tokens

Avg runtime / run

3m 3s

Avg quality

62.3

Benchmark runs

6

GPUs tested

4

Quality by task

Average LLM-judged quality (0–100) with the run-to-run spread shown as a P5–P95 band, overall and for each benchmark task, across all 6 runs. The low and high columns show how much the judge’s score varies between runs, and need at least two runs to display.

TaskP5 (low)AvgP95 (high)
Overall58.362.367.3
Agent Workflow61.571.982.0
Code Generation38.944.650.8
Role Play & Narrative58.874.188.5
Research & Analysis51.958.868.1

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination gemma4:e4b has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated August 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXOllamaQ4_K_M115.4 tok/s115.4 tok/s10.9 GB65,536 tokens58.31
CPU onlyOllamaQ4_K_M75.2 tok/s75.2 tok/s3.2 GB8,192 tokens61.81
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPUOllamaQ4_K_M57.6 tok/s57.6 tok/s3.1 GB8,192 tokens64.51
Apple M4 ProOllamaQ4_K_M55.4 tok/s54.8 tok/s3.1 GB131,072 tokens60.62
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPUOllamaQ4_K_M51.8 tok/s51.8 tok/s3.0 GB8,192 tokens68.31

Frequently asked questions

Is gemma4:e4b good for coding?
In our benchmarks, gemma4:e4b scores 44.6/100 for coding. It runs at about 68.3 tok/s, so if you want more speed, unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:IQ3_S is faster (~104.3 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (83.0/100).
Is gemma4:e4b good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, gemma4:e4b scores 71.9/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 68.3 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Tiel-Coder-35B-A3B-Q4_K_S is faster (~165.0 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (89.3/100).
How fast is gemma4:e4b for local inference?
Across 6 community benchmark runs, gemma4:e4b reaches up to 115.4 tok/s and averages 68.3 tok/s, with the fastest results on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
How much memory does gemma4:e4b need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 3.0 GB of memory (quantizations tested: Q4_K_M).
Which tools have been used to run gemma4:e4b?
Benchmarks were submitted using Ollama. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.