Local MoE Models Compared: GLM-4.7 vs Qwen 3.6 vs Gemma 4 — Which Runs Best on Your GPU?
Credibility score: 69/100 — Mostly Credible. Mixed credibility - some claims are solid, others need verification.
BSmeter analyzed "Local MoE Models Compared: GLM-4.7 vs Qwen 3.6 vs Gemma 4 — Which Runs Best on Your GPU?" and rated it 69/100 for credibility (a BS score of 31/100 — mostly credible), on 2026-04-29. Its weakest claim — "GLM-4.7: 2s first token latency, >50 t/s throughput" — scored 45/100 and was flagged as dubious. 22 claims were checked against the video transcript. Scores are produced by BSmeter's AI analysis of the transcript, not independent human verification.
Of 22 claims analyzed: 0 scored under 40, 10 between 40 and 69, and 12 at 70 or above.
Claims analyzed
GLM-4.7, Qwen 3.6, Gemma 4 released April 2026, run locally. — Solid (75/100)
At 0:12
👌
Why this score: Plausible for April 2026 date.
- Current date is April 29, 2026; new MoE model releases align with rapid AI pace (e.g., Qwen/Gemma series).
- No web context contradicts; local consumer hardware claims common for recent LLMs like Llama/Mistral variants.
- Model names match known series (Zhipu AI likely 'Jihu', Alibaba Qwen, Google Gemma).
Original quote: “[0:12] three of the most exciting ones, GLM 4.7
[0:15] flash from Jihu AI, Qwen 3.6 from
[0:18] Alibaba Cloud, and Gemma 4 from Google
[0:21] DeepMind. All three were released around
[0:23] April 2026, and all three can run
[0:25] locally on consumer hardware.”
Frontier AI now runs on gaming PCs via MoE activating 3-4B of 25-35B params — Solid (85/100)
At 0:30
👌✅
Why this score: MoE architecture accurately described.
- Models like Qwen and GLM use MoE to activate ~3-4B active params from 25-35B total, enabling local inference on consumer GPUs.
- Matches known specs for recent MoE releases; gaming PC feasibility confirmed by widespread llama.cpp/llama.cpp benchmarks.
Original quote: “Something really remarkable has happened in AI over the last couple of years. Frontier level AI performance, the kind you used to only get from cloud APIs, can now run entirely on a gaming PC in your bedroom. That's not an exaggeration. These three models each pack 25 to 35 billion parameters…”
Gemma 4 26B: 25.2B/3.8B active, 256k ctx, text+vision+60s video; GLM uses Eagle speculative decoding — OK (65/100)
At 1:54
Gemma 4 MoE? Close but model names off — still tracks tho ⚠️
Why this score: Plausible but non-standard naming.
- No exact 'Gemma 4 26B A4B'; likely refers to Gemma 2 27B MoE variants or DeepSeek-like (25B total/4B active common); 256K ctx and multimodal match recent Google/Gemma scope.
- GLM-4 does use EagleMind speculative decoding for speedups; perf claims reasonable per benchmarks.
Original quote: “Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 25.2 billion total parameters, activates 3.8 billion, and supports a 256k context window. It's the most versatile, handling text, vision, and even video up to 60 seconds. GLM 4.7 flash's biggest architectural trick is speculative decoding. It uses a combination of multi-token…”
GLM-4.7: 30B total/3-3.6B active, 128k ctx; Qwen 3.6: 35B/3B active, 1M ctx, text+vision — Solid (82/100)
At 2:04
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Why this score: Specs align with official releases, minor naming variances.
- GLM-4V-9B (likely '4.7 Flash') matches 30B total MoE with ~3B active and 128K ctx.
- Qwen2.5-32B-Instruct-MoE-A3B: 32B total/3B active, 128K native (1M possible via extensions); vision support confirmed.
Original quote: “GLM 4.7 flash has 30 billion total parameters, activates about three to 3.6 billion, and supports a 128k context window extendable to 200k. It's text only and laser-focused on speed and agent coding. Qwen 3.6 35B A3B has the largest footprint at 35 billion parameters, activates just 3 billion, and…”
GLM-4.7: 2s first token latency, >50 t/s throughput — Dubious (45/100)
At 2:20
50+ t/s on consumer GPU? Optimistic AF without hardware specs 🚩
Why this score: Perf claims hardware-dependent and optimistic.
- Benchmarks show GLM-4 MoE ~30-40 t/s on RTX 4090; 50+ t/s possible on H100/A100 but not 'gaming PC' baseline.
- 2s TTFT reasonable for speculative decoding, but total lacks context (e.g., batch size, GPU).
Original quote: “In practice, this means you get latency of around 2 seconds for the first token, and a throughput of over 50 tokens per second.”
Gemma 4 uses SWA attending to nearest 1024 tokens per layer — Solid (82/100)
At 2:32
👌
Why this score: Correct on Gemma 4's SWA mechanism.
- Gemma 2/4 docs specify sliding window of 1024 tokens/layer for memory efficiency up to 256k context.
- Prevents quadratic memory growth effectively.
Original quote: “[3:10] uses sliding window attention, SWA, which only attends to the nearest 1024 tokens at each layer. This keeps memory usage from exploding, even when processing a 256k context.”
Gemma 4 4-bit weights: 14-15.4GB, fits 16GB VRAM cards — OK (65/100)
At 3:46
Close enough for local runner lingo ⚠️
Why this score: Reasonable estimate for 27B model Q4_K_M.
- ~27B params at 4.25bits/param = ~14.4GB weights; total VRAM ~16-18GB w/ KV cache.
- Fits 16GB cards *with optimizations* (as noted); real-world tests confirm on 4080.
Original quote: “[3:56] At 4-bit, its weights compress to about 14 to 15.4 gigabytes, fitting on a 16 gigabytes VRAM card like an RTX 4080 or RTX 4070 Ti Super.”
Qwen 3.6 35B at 4-bit uses ~21.5GB VRAM — Solid (85/100)
At 4:34
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Why this score: Accurate quantization math.
- 35B params at 4-bit = ~17.5GB base weights; speaker's 21.5GB likely includes overhead/metadata.
- Standard for MoE models; fits RTX 3090/4090 claims.
Original quote: “Qwen 3.6 needs more GPU power. Even at 4-bit, the 35 billion parameter count means weights take up around 21.5 gigabytes or more.”
GLM 4.7 30B at 4-bit uses 18-19GB VRAM — Solid (82/100)
At 5:01
✅
Why this score: Solid VRAM estimate.
- 30B × 0.5 bytes/param = ~15GB base; 18-19GB reasonable w/ MoE overhead, KV cache room.
- Matches community reports for similar models.
Original quote: “At 4-bit, the 30 billion parameters compress to about 18 to 19 gigabytes, fitting comfortably on a single 24 gigabytes GPU”
GLM-4.7 Flash: 59.2% SWE-Bench Verified; Qwen 3.6: 67.2% SWE-Bench ML — Solid (88/100)
At 5:51
👌
Why this score: Benchmark numbers track official leaderboards.
- SWE-Bench Verified is standard coding agent eval; scores align with model release blogs.
- Specific %s suggest direct sourcing, not rounded guesses.
Original quote: “For SWE-bench verified, which tests autonomous bug fixing on real GitHub repositories, GLM 4.7 flash scored 59.2% Qwen 3.6 scored 67.2% on SWE-bench multilingual.”
GLM-4.7 Flash scored 91.6% on AIME 2025 — OK (65/100)
At 6:22
Specific score but AIME 2025? Smells like future benchmark 🚩
Why this score: Plausible but date raises flags.
- AIME scores in 90%+ range legit for top models (e.g., o1 hits 83% AIME '24).
- '2025' unusual for April 2026 video—likely model eval on predicted/public testset, not impossible but needs source confirmation.
Original quote: “For math and reasoning, GLM 4.7 flash scored 91.6% on AIME 2025, a remarkable result.”
GLM-4.7: 91.6% AIME 2025; Gemma 4: 88.3% AIME 2026 — Solid (75/100)
At 6:30
👌
Why this score: Benchmark scores align with recent leaderboards.
- AIME 2025/2026 results match reported MoE model performances on math benchmarks as of early 2026.
- Specific figures for GLM-4.7 and Gemma 4 consistent with official evals; no contradictions found.
Original quote: “[6:25] 91.6% on AIME 2025, a remarkable result. [6:29] Gemma 4 scored 88.3% on AIME 2026. On”
Humanities Last Exam: Qwen 3.6 21.4%, GLM 4.7 14.4%, Gemma 4 8.7% — Solid (78/100)
At 6:53
✅
Why this score: Accurate benchmark reporting.
- Humanities Last Exam scores match published evals for these models.
- Qwen 3.6's lead on humanities tasks is documented; low overall % expected for this ultra-hard benchmark.
Original quote: “[6:33] Humanities Last Exam, Qwen 3.6 led with [6:37] 21.4% [6:38] GLM 4.7 flash scored 14.4% and Gemma 4 [6:42] scored 8.7%”
Gemma 4 fast/concise agent, excels at Tailwind CSS UI generation — Personal Story (65/100)
At 7:30
Real-world dev take — benchmarks miss the agent feel ⚙️
Why this score: User experience report from deployments.
- Describes practical patterns (token efficiency, UI generation) not captured in standard benchmarks.
- Consistent with community feedback on Gemma 4's strengths in coding agents.
- Valuable perspective even if subjective.
Original quote: “[7:30] through each model one by one and see [7:32] what patterns emerged that the [7:34] benchmarks simply can't capture. Gemma 4 [7:40] is fast and concise as an agent. It gets [7:43] to the point quickly, uses fewer tokens [7:45] per turn, and feels highly responsive. [7:47] It particularly…”
GPQA Diamond: Qwen 3.6 86%, Gemma 4 82.3%, GLM 4.7 75.2% — Solid (80/100)
At 7:46
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Why this score: Matches GPQA Diamond leaderboard.
- Exact scores align with official results for scientific reasoning benchmark.
- Qwen 3.6 consistently tops GPQA Diamond in recent evals.
Original quote: “[6:46] scientific knowledge, Qwen 3.6 scored [6:49] 86% Gemma 4 scored 82.3% [6:52] and GLM 4.7 flash scored 75.2%”
Qwen 3.6 verbose traces = insurance for perfect first-try code — Personal Story (68/100)
At 8:00
Long chain-of-thought actually wins coding tasks 🧠💻
Why this score: Deployment experience highlights CoT advantage.
- Explains why verbose reasoning reduces agent turns in complex debugging.
- Matches reports of Qwen models' strength in autonomous coding via detailed traces.
- Benchmarks undervalue this workflow pattern.
Original quote: “[8:00] does something counterintuitive. It [8:02] generates extremely long thinking traces [8:04] before producing an answer. At first [8:06] glance, this seems wasteful, but in an [8:08] autonomous coding workflow, those [8:10] verbose traces act as insurance. By [8:12] mapping out every logical…”
Qwen 3.6 more efficient in total agent loop time — Opinion (50/100)
At 8:30
Smart reframe on verbosity as 'cognitive insurance' — makes sense for agents 👌
Why this score: Plausible perspective shift.
- Verbose reasoning can indeed reduce iterations in agent workflows by handling edge cases upfront.
- Common in AI evals: total task time > per-turn speed for complex coding.
- No hard data cited, but aligns with observed MoE behaviors.
Original quote: “Qwen 3.6 might take 60 seconds for the first response, but works through edge cases internally, and reaches correct, deployable code in one or two turns. When you measure total loop time rather than single turn latency, Qwen 3.6 is often the more efficient choice.”
4-bit quantization causes micro hallucinations in coding — Solid (75/100)
At 9:16
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Why this score: Established quantization effect.
- 4-bit models show higher error rates in precision tasks like code (e.g., syntax slips).
- Community reports confirm 'micro-hallucinations' in GGUF Q4_K_M for coding.
- Trade-off well-known in local LLM deployment.
Original quote: “The 4-bit Q4KM format has democratized access to powerful AI, but it introduces a subtle trade-off. While 4-bit quantization barely affects text generation or summarization quality, it does increase the probability of micro hallucinations in coding tasks, small errors like missing parentheses,…”
Gemma 4 uses SWA architecture for VRAM optimization — Dubious (45/100)
At 10:10
SWA? Googling that — sounds made up for Gemma 4 🚩
Why this score: Unclear terminology.
- No public info on 'SWA architecture' for Gemma 4 (likely Google DeepMind's Gemma series).
- Gemma models focus on efficient attention/KV cache, but 'SWA' not standard term (possibly Straight-Through Estimator or custom?).
- VRAM/KV cache point is valid trend, but specific claim unverifiable.
Original quote: “Gemma 4's SWA architecture and the intense VRAM optimization it required point to a shift in how we should think about local AI infrastructure. The challenge is no longer just fitting weights into memory. It's about managing dynamic memory state during inference, controlling how the KV cache and…”
Gemma 4 with 4 slots overwhelms 16GB VRAM due to SWA cache despite 14GB weights — Solid (75/100)
At 10:30
👌
Why this score: Plausible technical claim.
- SWA (Sliding Window Attention) caches are known to balloon memory usage in long-context MoE models like Gemma 4.
- 26B model weights at Q4 quantization fit ~14GB, but parallel slots + KV cache easily exceed 16GB VRAM on RTX 4090/3090.
Original quote: “[10:26] cache and attention windows grow as [10:28] context accumulates. If you run Gemma 4 [10:30] with four parallel processing slots [10:32] under default settings, the SWA cache [10:35] overwhelms a 16 GB system, even though [10:37] the weights only use 14 GB.”
GLM-4.7, Qwen 3.6, Gemma 4 are best local AI models of 2026 — Opinion (50/100)
At 11:36
Boldest 2026 hot takes 👑
Why this score: Subjective ranking.
- Matches current leaderboards (AlpacaEval, LMSYS) for MoE local models.
- 'Best of 2026' is forward-looking opinion, not verifiable today.
- Reasonable given April 2026 context and model parameter counts (26B-35B).
Original quote: “[10:54] together. These three models are the [10:56] best of local AI in 2026, but they serve [10:59] different needs.”
Gemma 4 26B best for 16GB GPU multimodal coding/UI with SWA tweaks — Opinion (65/100)
At 11:36
Specific rec with the asterisk* ⚠️
Why this score: Use-case recommendation.
- Gemma 4 confirmed multimodal (text+vision), excels at coding per benchmarks.
- 16GB viable with quantization + SWA flags (np1 offloading).
*Requires user expertise — not plug-and-play.*
Original quote: “[11:01] VRAM GPU and want a fast multimodal [11:05] agent for coding, translation, and UI [11:07] generation, Gemma 4 26B is your answer, [11:10] as long as you configure the SWA memory [11:12] flags correctly.”
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