meshllm/gemma-4-e4b-it-parity-8bit-mlx

Gemma 4 E4B Instruct Parity MLX (8bit)

This repository contains the canonical MLX side of the meshllm Gemma 4 parity pair.

• Source checkpoint: google/gemma-4-E4B-it
• Conversion path: original checkpoint -> MLX -> 8bit
• Intended use: backend parity testing against the matching GGUF artifact

This artifact is not meant to be a generic Gemma 4 community release. It exists so that MLX and GGUF can be compared from the same original model lineage with minimal converter mismatch.

Canonical pair:

• GGUF: meshllm/gemma-4-e4b-it-parity-q8_0-gguf
• MLX: meshllm/gemma-4-e4b-it-parity-8bit-mlx

Latest trusted exact result:

Backend	Model	Exact
GGUF	meshllm/gemma-4-e4b-it-parity-q8_0-gguf/gemma-4-e4b-it-q8_0.gguf	PASS
MLX	this repo	PASS

Prompt comparison from local same-origin validation:

Prompt	GGUF Q8_0	MLX 8bit
primary	blue	blue
alt-green	green	green
alt-red	red	red
capital-france	Paris	Paris
primary-colors	red, green, blue	red, green, blue
two-plus-two	4	4
largest-planet	Jupiter	Jupiter
breathing-gas	Oxygen	Oxygen
opposite-hot	Cold	Cold
banana-color	Yellow	Yellow
after-monday	Tuesday	Tuesday