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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
83 vs 85
Hardware Fit
68 vs 80
Quality Score
90 vs 87

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b gemma4:26b-nvfp4
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1614
RAM128 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b gemma4:26b-nvfp4
Tokens/sec27.665.7
First chunk10 ms233 ms
TTFT4.6 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A5.0 s
Memory usage21.0 GB15.2 GB
Memory %16%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

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

Quality

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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