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gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
50 vs 71
Hardware Fit
97 vs 35
Quality Score
30 vs 86

Hardware

gemma3:270m google/gemma-3-27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M3 ProApple M4
Cores1210
RAM36 GB24 GB
GPUApple M3 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:270m google/gemma-3-27b
Tokens/sec239.25.9
First chunk127 ms19 ms
TTFT127 ms1.8 s
Load time0.7 sN/A
Memory usage0.6 GB22.0 GB
Memory %2%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:270m

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

google/gemma-3-27b

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

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

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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