April 2026 TLDR Setup for Ollama and Gemma 4 26B on a Mac mini

Create an automated benchmarking suite that tests different quantization levels (Q4_K_M vs Q8_0) against hardware throughput on specific Apple Silicon configurations. This provides developers with concrete performance-to-cost metrics for local deployments.

Suggested repo: m-chip-bench

"Know exactly which model fits your Mac's RAM without the guesswork."

Estimated effort: 20h