google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score

71 vs 76

Hardware Fit

35 vs 46

Quality Score

86 vs 89

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b gemma4:31b

MachineMac miniMacBook Pro

CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max

Cores1016

RAM24 GB64 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3.1

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b gemma4:31b

Tokens/sec5.922.4

First chunk19 ms565 ms

TTFT1.8 s30.0 s

Load timeN/A6.9 s

Memory usage22.0 GB43.9 GB

Memory %92%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed

12/50

TTFT

19/20

Memory

4/30

gemma4:31b

Speed

30/50

TTFT

0/20

Memory

16/30

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

gemma4:31b

Reasoning

16/20

Coding

19/20

Instruction

16/20

Structured

15/15

Math

14/15

Multilingual

9/10

Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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