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google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 47
Hardware Fit
35 vs 53
Quality Score
86 vs 45

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b qwen3:4b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b qwen3:4b
Tokens/sec5.911.3
First chunk19 msN/A
TTFT1.8 s9.2 s
Load timeN/A0.1 s
Memory usage22.0 GB7.2 GB
Memory %92%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

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

qwen3:4b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
6/20
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

qwen3:4b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
6/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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