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qwen3.5-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
75 vs 88
Hardware Fit
54 vs 100
Quality Score
84 vs 83

Hardware

qwen3.5-27b gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
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-it-q8_0
Tokens/sec6.627.8
First chunk4364 ms204 ms
TTFT4.4 s204 ms
Load timeN/A6.6 s
Memory usage15.0 GB5.0 GB
Memory %47%31%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-27b

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

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

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

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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