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qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
85 vs 71
Hardware Fit
95 vs 35
Quality Score
80 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b google/gemma-3-27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 MaxApple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M1 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b google/gemma-3-27b
Tokens/sec23.15.9
First chunk358 ms19 ms
TTFT358 ms1.8 s
Load time3.6 sN/A
Memory usage9.1 GB22.0 GB
Memory %28%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed
12/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
4/30

Quality

qwen3.5:9b

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

google/gemma-3-27b

Reasoning
16/20
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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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest