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qwen3.5-27b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 27B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
26 vs 81
Hardware Fit
63 vs 82
Quality Score
10 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3.5-27b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1410
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-27b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec9.525.3
First chunk1099 ms761 ms
TTFT1.1 s7.7 s
Load timeN/A3.6 s
Memory usage16.3 GB7.1 GB
Memory %25%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-27b

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3.5-27b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
0/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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