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gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
91 vs 71
Hardware Fit
88 vs 35
Quality Score
92 vs 86

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 google/gemma-3-27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 google/gemma-3-27b
Tokens/sec30.05.9
First chunk311 ms19 ms
TTFT6.2 s1.8 s
Load time6.9 sN/A
Memory usage5.0 GB22.0 GB
Memory %31%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30

google/gemma-3-27b

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

Quality

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest