google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning

LM-STUDIO MLX

phi3 · 3.8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score

71 vs 64

Hardware Fit

35 vs 100

Quality Score

86 vs 48

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b microsoft/phi-4-mi…

MachineMac miniMac mini

CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

Cores1014

RAM24 GB64 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b microsoft/phi-4-mi…

Tokens/sec5.990.3

First chunk19 ms198 ms

TTFT1.8 s198 ms

Load timeN/AN/A

Memory usage22.0 GB2.0 GB

Memory %92%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed

12/50

TTFT

19/20

Memory

4/30

microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…

Speed

50/50

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

microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…

Reasoning

7/20

Coding

7/20

Instruction

7/20

Structured

7/15

Math

13/15

Multilingual

7/10

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

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