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google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
71 vs 89
Hardware Fit
35 vs 97
Quality Score
86 vs 86

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec5.9130.2
First chunk19 ms5 ms
TTFT1.8 s135 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage22.0 GB26.6 GB
Memory %92%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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