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gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
50 vs 53
Hardware Fit
97 vs 72
Quality Score
30 vs 45

Hardware

gemma3:270m qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M3 ProApple M1 Max
Cores1210
RAM36 GB32 GB
GPUApple M3 ProApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 15.7.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:270m qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec239.218.6
First chunk127 ms403 ms
TTFT127 ms10.2 s
Load time0.7 s4.3 s
Memory usage0.6 GB9.1 GB
Memory %2%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:270m

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
38/50
TTFT
4/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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