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gemma4:e4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
90 vs 81
Hardware Fit
87 vs 68
Quality Score
91 vs 87

Hardware

gemma4:e4b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec35.716.4
First chunk661 ms5 ms
TTFT6.5 s742 ms
Load time6.1 sN/A
Memory usage3.1 GB38.5 GB
Memory %19%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
30/30

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
18/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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