qwen3.5-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
google/gemma-3-4b
LM-STUDIO MLXgemma3 · 4B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
75 vs 76
Hardware Fit
54 vs 100
Quality Score
84 vs 66
Hardware
qwen3.5-27b google/gemma-3-4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-27b google/gemma-3-4b
Tokens/sec6.639.4
First chunk4364 ms468 ms
TTFT4.4 s468 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage15.0 GB2.8 GB
Memory %47%9%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-27b
Speed
13/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30
google/gemma-3-4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
google/gemma-3-4b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest