gemma4:26b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M
Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
85 vs 59
Hardware Fit
77 vs 63
Quality Score
89 vs 58
Hardware
gemma4:26b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:26b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.518.3
First chunk1481 ms4 ms
TTFT1.5 s530 ms
Load time24.7 sN/A
Memory usage20.3 GB38.5 GB
Memory %85%60%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:26b
Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
Quality
gemma4:26b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest