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google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
71 vs 59
Hardware Fit
35 vs 69
Quality Score
86 vs 54

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b qwen3.5:35b-a3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM24 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec5.930.5
First chunk19 ms333 ms
TTFT1.8 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A9.8 s
Memory usage22.0 GB25.1 GB
Memory %92%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
24/30

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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