gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

85 vs 71

Hardware Fit

64 vs 35

Quality Score

94 vs 86

Hardware

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx google/gemma-3-27b

MachineMacBook ProMac mini

CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4

Cores1610

RAM128 GB24 GB

GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4

OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx google/gemma-3-27b

Tokens/sec13.65.9

First chunk16 ms19 ms

TTFT558 ms1.8 s

Load time12.3 sN/A

Memory usage0.0 GB22.0 GB

Memory %0%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed

14/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed

12/50

TTFT

19/20

Memory

4/30

Quality

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Reasoning

19/20

Coding

19/20

Instruction

18/20

Structured

15/15

Math

14/15

Multilingual

9/10

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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