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rnj-1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 8.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 66
Hardware Fit
93 vs 34
Quality Score
74 vs 79

Hardware

rnj-1:8b qwen3.5:27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

rnj-1:8b qwen3.5:27b
Tokens/sec22.33.8
First chunk404 ms1637 ms
TTFT404 ms1.6 s
Load time3.7 s17.0 s
Memory usage8.3 GB21.3 GB
Memory %52%89%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

rnj-1:8b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30

qwen3.5:27b

Speed
8/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
6/30

Quality

rnj-1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
5/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:27b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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