Gemma 4 26B gets praise for writing, German, and local speed on an aging laptop
dampflokfreund · reddit · 2026-07-29
A user reports strong hands-on experience with Gemma 4 26B A4B, saying it handles nearly every task well on a quantized local setup.
They note that agentic and coding performance still trails Qwen, but the model stands out for writing quality, “personality,” native multimodality, German ability, and broad world knowledge. On an aging laptop, it reportedly runs at about 10–23 tokens/s with 600 tokens/s prefill, and the user recommends revisiting it with the new chat template.
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