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mlx-community/gemma-3-4b-it-qat-4bit

LM-STUDIO GGUF
Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 71
Hardware Fit
100 vs 35
Quality Score
71 vs 86

Hardware

mlx-community/gemm… 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/gemm… google/gemma-3-27b
Tokens/sec43.25.9
First chunk428 ms19 ms
TTFT428 ms1.8 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.3 GB22.0 GB
Memory %4%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/gemma-3-4…

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/gemma-3-4…

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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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