google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

71 vs 71

Hardware Fit

35 vs 95

Quality Score

86 vs 60

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b llama3:latest

MachineMac miniMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM24 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b llama3:latest

Tokens/sec5.922.3

First chunk19 msN/A

TTFT1.8 s295 ms

Load timeN/A0.8 s

Memory usage22.0 GB5.6 GB

Memory %92%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed

12/50

TTFT

19/20

Memory

4/30

llama3:latest

Speed

35/50

TTFT

30/20

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

llama3:latest

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest