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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

gemma3:1b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
87 vs 68
Hardware Fit
83 vs 98
Quality Score
88 vs 55

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b gemma3:1b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
Cores1610
RAM128 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec29.139.4
First chunk9 msN/A
TTFT650 ms362 ms
Load timeN/A0.3 s
Memory usage21.0 GB1.3 GB
Memory %16%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
33/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest