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gemma3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.6:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 20
Hardware Fit
100 vs 34
Quality Score
71 vs 14

Hardware

gemma3:4b qwen3.6:27b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1012
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:4b qwen3.6:27b
Tokens/sec34.610.6
First chunkN/A1344 ms
TTFT303 ms30.0 s
Load time1.2 s0.2 s
Memory usage4.6 GB18.1 GB
Memory %14%75%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:4b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6:27b

Speed
22/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
12/30

Quality

gemma3:4b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:27b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest