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

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q3_K_M

Excellent

Apr 5, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
90 vs 87
Hardware Fit
85 vs 83
Quality Score
92 vs 88

Hardware

unsloth/gemma-4-26… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM24 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

unsloth/gemma-4-26… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec24.929.1
First chunk15 ms9 ms
TTFT817 ms650 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage16.8 GB21.0 GB
Memory %70%16%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
33/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
18/20
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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