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qwen/qwen3-8b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3 · 8B · 4bit

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q3_K_M

Excellent

Apr 5, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
89 vs 90
Hardware Fit
95 vs 85
Quality Score
87 vs 92

Hardware

qwen/qwen3-8b unsloth/gemma-4-26…
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3-8b unsloth/gemma-4-26…
Tokens/sec33.424.9
First chunk257 ms15 ms
TTFT257 ms817 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage4.3 GB16.8 GB
Memory %7%70%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3-8b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3-8b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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