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google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

ministral-3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

mistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 76
Hardware Fit
35 vs 89
Quality Score
86 vs 71

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b ministral-3:8b
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 ministral-3:8b
Tokens/sec5.919.5
First chunk19 ms328 ms
TTFT1.8 s328 ms
Load timeN/A1.5 s
Memory usage22.0 GB10.6 GB
Memory %92%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

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

ministral-3:8b

Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
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

ministral-3:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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