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Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-3-27b

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gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

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Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 71
Hardware Fit
100 vs 35
Quality Score
63 vs 86

Hardware

mlx-community/Llam… google/gemma-3-27b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mlx-community/Llam… google/gemma-3-27b
Tokens/sec50.65.9
First chunk257 ms19 ms
TTFT257 ms1.8 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.7 GB22.0 GB
Memory %2%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/Llama-3.2…

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

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed
12/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
4/30

Quality

mlx-community/Llama-3.2…

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

google/gemma-3-27b

Reasoning
16/20
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
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