google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score

71 vs 60

Hardware Fit

35 vs 80

Quality Score

86 vs 52

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

MachineMac miniMacBook Pro

CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

Cores1014

RAM24 GB48 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.4.1

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Tokens/sec5.9227.0

First chunk19 ms60 ms

TTFT1.8 s30.0 s

Load timeN/A0.7 s

Memory usage22.0 GB2.6 GB

Memory %92%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed

12/50

TTFT

19/20

Memory

4/30

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Speed

50/50

TTFT

0/20

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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Reasoning

8/20

Coding

6/20

Instruction

10/20

Structured

7/15

Math

12/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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