google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q3_K_M

Excellent

Apr 5, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

71 vs 84

Hardware Fit

35 vs 64

Quality Score

86 vs 92

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b unsloth/gemma-4-26…

MachineMac miniMac mini

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM24 GB24 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b unsloth/gemma-4-26…

Tokens/sec5.916.5

First chunk19 ms32 ms

TTFT1.8 s2.2 s

Load timeN/AN/A

Memory usage22.0 GB19.3 GB

Memory %92%80%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed

12/50

TTFT

19/20

Memory

4/30

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

Speed

36/50

TTFT

18/20

Memory

10/30

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

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

Reasoning

18/20

Coding

19/20

Instruction

17/20

Structured

14/15

Math

14/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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