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google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

Global Score
71 vs 50
Hardware Fit
35 vs 97
Quality Score
86 vs 30

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b gemma3:270m
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M3 Pro
Cores1012
RAM24 GB36 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec5.9239.2
First chunk19 ms127 ms
TTFT1.8 s127 ms
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage22.0 GB0.6 GB
Memory %92%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

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

gemma3:270m

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

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

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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