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qwen3.5-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:e4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
75 vs 90
Hardware Fit
54 vs 88
Quality Score
84 vs 91

Hardware

qwen3.5-27b gemma4:e4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-27b gemma4:e4b
Tokens/sec6.635.6
First chunk4364 ms300 ms
TTFT4.4 s6.1 s
Load timeN/A6.1 s
Memory usage15.0 GB3.1 GB
Memory %47%19%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-27b

Speed
13/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:e4b

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

Quality

qwen3.5-27b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:e4b

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

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest