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gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
76 vs 59
Hardware Fit
46 vs 63
Quality Score
89 vs 58

Hardware

gemma4:31b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1618
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3.1macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:31b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec22.418.3
First chunk565 ms4 ms
TTFT30.0 s530 ms
Load time6.9 sN/A
Memory usage43.9 GB38.5 GB
Memory %69%60%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:31b

Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30

Quality

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest