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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
83 vs 63
Hardware Fit
68 vs 62
Quality Score
90 vs 63

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1610
RAM128 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec27.615.3
First chunk10 ms1142 ms
TTFT4.6 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A5.4 s
Memory usage21.0 GB7.6 GB
Memory %16%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

gemma4:12b

Speed
36/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30

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

gemma4:12b

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