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google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

tinyllama

OLLAMA GGUF
Marginal

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 43
Hardware Fit
35 vs 100
Quality Score
86 vs 19

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b tinyllama
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b tinyllama
Tokens/sec5.9133.4
First chunk19 ms61 ms
TTFT1.8 s61 ms
Load timeN/A0.5 s
Memory usage22.0 GB0.2 GB
Memory %92%1%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

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

tinyllama

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

Quality

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

tinyllama

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
5/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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