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gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

qwen3.5-27b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 27B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 26
Hardware Fit
88 vs 63
Quality Score
89 vs 10

Hardware

gemma4:12b qwen3.5-27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b qwen3.5-27b
Tokens/sec18.49.5
First chunk758 ms1099 ms
TTFT758 ms1.1 s
Load time0.3 sN/A
Memory usage7.5 GB16.3 GB
Memory %47%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

qwen3.5-27b

Speed
13/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-27b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
0/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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