gemma3:270m
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
50 vs 59
Hardware Fit
97 vs 65
Quality Score
30 vs 57
Hardware
gemma3:270m qwen3.5-9b-mlx
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 qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec239.214.3
First chunk127 ms24 ms
TTFT127 ms13.4 s
Load time0.7 s13.3 s
Memory usage0.6 GB2.5 GB
Memory %2%10%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:270m
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
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-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
9/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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